#5536C9#5536C9

#5536C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.212 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5536C9
RGB	rgb(85, 54, 201)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 73.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.57, 51.51, -71.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.57, 88.08, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(46.73% 0.0523 -0.2058)
OKLCH	oklch(46.73% 0.212 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6049, 8.7857, 56.1205)
Luminance	0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.82

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5536C9 #AAC936

analogous

#3661C9 #5536C9 #9E36C9

triadic

#5536C9 #C95536 #36C955

tetradic

#5536C9 #C93661 #AAC936 #36C99E

square

#5536C9 #C93661 #AAC936 #36C99E

split-complementary

#5536C9 #C99E36 #61C936

monochromatic

#2C1C69 #412999 #5536C9 #7E66D6 #A796E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#5536C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5536C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5536C9

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5536C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5536C9	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#145F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5536c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 54, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.212 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9170db',
    500: '#5536c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5536c9;
$custom-light: #9170db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5536c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.653,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46726,
    "c": 0.21232,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5536C9

secondary

#C0CE8C

accent

#E147C0

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5536C9

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

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