#5536AC#5536AC

#5536AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.178 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5536AC
RGB	rgb(85, 54, 172)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(256, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 68.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, 43.03, -58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 72.62, 306.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% 0.058 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.178 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5097, 7.5476, 39.8194)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.72

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5536AC #8DAC36

analogous

#3652AC #5536AC #9036AC

triadic

#5536AC #AC5536 #36AC55

tetradic

#5536AC #AC3652 #8DAC36 #36AC90

square

#5536AC #AC3652 #8DAC36 #36AC90

split-complementary

#5536AC #AC9036 #52AC36

monochromatic

#27194F #3E277D #5536AC #7455CA #9A84D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#5536AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#5536AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5536AC

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5536AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5536AC	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5536ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 54, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.178 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6fc6',
    500: '#5536ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5536ac;
$custom-light: #8d6fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5536ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.763,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44132,
    "c": 0.17759,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5536AC

secondary

#B0C27C

accent

#DC4CB6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5536AC

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

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