#5A36AE#5A36AE

#5A36AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.180 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A36AE
RGB	rgb(90, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 69%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, 44.51, -58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 73.56, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.8% 0.0649 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(44.8% 0.18 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.1734, 7.8675, 40.8607)
Luminance	0.0787 (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

#5A36AE #8AAE36

analogous

#364EAE #5A36AE #9636AE

triadic

#5A36AE #AE5A36 #36AE5A

tetradic

#5A36AE #AE364E #8AAE36 #36AE96

square

#5A36AE #AE364E #8AAE36 #36AE96

split-complementary

#5A36AE #AE9636 #4EAE36

monochromatic

#2A1951 #42287F #5A36AE #7956CB #9E85D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#5A36AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5A36AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A36AE

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A36AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A36AE	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F546E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a36ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.180 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9070c7',
    500: '#5a36ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a36ae;
$custom-light: #9070c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a36ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44795,
    "c": 0.17994,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A36AE

secondary

#AEC37D

accent

#DC4CB1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A36AE

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

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