#5A36C8#5A36C8

#5A36C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.211 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A36C8
RGB	rgb(90, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.95, 51.92, -70.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.95, 87.33, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(47.08% 0.0597 -0.202)
OKLCH	oklch(47.08% 0.211 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9578, 8.9812, 55.5251)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.14

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A36C8 #A4C836

analogous

#365BC8 #5A36C8 #A336C8

triadic

#5A36C8 #C85A36 #36C85A

tetradic

#5A36C8 #C8365B #A4C836 #36C8A3

square

#5A36C8 #C8365B #A4C836 #36C8A3

split-complementary

#5A36C8 #C8A336 #5BC836

monochromatic

#2F1C68 #442998 #5A36C8 #8166D6 #A996E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#5A36C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5A36C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A36C8

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A36C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A36C8	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#295E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.211 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9471da',
    500: '#5a36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a36c8;
$custom-light: #9471da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.795,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4708,
    "c": 0.21067,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A36C8

secondary

#BECE8C

accent

#E147BB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A36C8

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

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