#5836AE#5836AE

#5836AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.180 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5836AE
RGB	rgb(88, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 69%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, 44.15, -58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 73.62, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.062 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.18 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.9815, 7.7685, 40.8517)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.84

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5836AE #8CAE36

analogous

#3650AE #5836AE #9436AE

triadic

#5836AE #AE5836 #36AE58

tetradic

#5836AE #AE3650 #8CAE36 #36AE94

square

#5836AE #AE3650 #8CAE36 #36AE94

split-complementary

#5836AE #AE9436 #50AE36

monochromatic

#291951 #40287F #5836AE #7756CB #9D85D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#5836AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5836AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5836AE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5836AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5836AE	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B546E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5836ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.180 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f70c7',
    500: '#5836ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5836ae;
$custom-light: #8f70c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5836ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44596,
    "c": 0.17996,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5836AE

secondary

#AFC37D

accent

#DC4CB3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5836AE

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

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