#5536AF#5536AF

#5536AF is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.181 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5536AF
RGB	rgb(85, 54, 175)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 69.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, 43.91, -59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 74.26, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% 0.0575 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.181 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8011, 7.6642, 41.3540)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.56

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5536AF #90AF36

analogous

#3654AF #5536AF #9236AF

triadic

#5536AF #AF5536 #36AF55

tetradic

#5536AF #AF3654 #90AF36 #36AF92

square

#5536AF #AF3654 #90AF36 #36AF92

split-complementary

#5536AF #AF9236 #54AF36

monochromatic

#281951 #3E2880 #5536AF #7557CB #9B86DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#5536AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5536AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5536AF

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5536AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5536AF	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34556E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5536af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 54, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.181 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6fc8',
    500: '#5536af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5536af;
$custom-light: #8d6fc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5536af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.372,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4439,
    "c": 0.18126,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5536AF

secondary

#B1C37D

accent

#DC4CB7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5536AF

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

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