#5836AB#5836AB

#5836AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.176 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5836AB
RGB	rgb(88, 54, 171)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 68.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 43.29, -57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 71.99, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.34% 0.0625 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(44.34% 0.176 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.6923, 7.6528, 39.3286)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.02

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5836AB #89AB36

analogous

#364FAB #5836AB #9336AB

triadic

#5836AB #AB5836 #36AB58

tetradic

#5836AB #AB364F #89AB36 #36AB93

square

#5836AB #AB364F #89AB36 #36AB93

split-complementary

#5836AB #AB9336 #4FAB36

monochromatic

#28194E #40277C #5836AB #7755C9 #9C83D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#5836AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5836AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5836AB

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5836AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5836AB	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D536C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5836ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 54, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.176 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6fc5',
    500: '#5836ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5836ab;
$custom-light: #8f6fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5836ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.436,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44342,
    "c": 0.1763,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5836AB

secondary

#ADC27B

accent

#DB4CB2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5836AB

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

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