#5A36AA#5A36AA

#5A36AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.175 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A36AA
RGB	rgb(90, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 68.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.38, 43.37, -56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.38, 71.39, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% 0.0655 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.175 292)
XYZ	xyz(12.7893, 7.7138, 38.8375)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A36AA #86AA36

analogous

#364CAA #5A36AA #9436AA

triadic

#5A36AA #AA5A36 #36AA5A

tetradic

#5A36AA #AA364C #86AA36 #36AA94

square

#5A36AA #AA364C #86AA36 #36AA94

split-complementary

#5A36AA #AA9436 #4CAA36

monochromatic

#29184D #41277C #5A36AA #7954C9 #9D83D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#5A36AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5A36AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A36AA

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A36AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A36AA	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42536B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a36aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.175 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9070c4',
    500: '#5a36aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a36aa;
$custom-light: #9070c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a36aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4446,
    "c": 0.1751,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.07714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A36AA

secondary

#ABC17B

accent

#DB4DAF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A36AA

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

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