#5536AA#5536AA

#5536AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.175 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5536AA
RGB	rgb(85, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(256, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 68.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 42.45, -57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 71.53, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% 0.0583 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.175 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.3191, 7.4714, 38.8154)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.86

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5536AA #8BAA36

analogous

#3651AA #5536AA #8F36AA

triadic

#5536AA #AA5536 #36AA55

tetradic

#5536AA #AA3651 #8BAA36 #36AA8F

square

#5536AA #AA3651 #8BAA36 #36AA8F

split-complementary

#5536AA #AA8F36 #51AA36

monochromatic

#27184D #3E277C #5536AA #7454C9 #9983D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#5536AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#5536AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5536AA

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5536AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5536AA	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38536B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5536aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.175 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6fc4',
    500: '#5536aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5536aa;
$custom-light: #8d6fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5536aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.034,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43962,
    "c": 0.17512,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5536AA

secondary

#AEC17B

accent

#DB4DB5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5536AA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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