#5A36CD#5A36CD

#5A36CD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.216 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A36CD
RGB	rgb(90, 54, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 73.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.40, 53.34, -72.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.40, 89.92, 306.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47.54% 0.0585 -0.2084)
OKLCH	oklch(47.54% 0.216 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5517, 9.2188, 58.6530)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.95

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A36CD #A9CD36

analogous

#365DCD #5A36CD #A636CD

triadic

#5A36CD #CD5A36 #36CD5A

tetradic

#5A36CD #CD365D #A9CD36 #36CDA6

square

#5A36CD #CD365D #A9CD36 #36CDA6

split-complementary

#5A36CD #CDA636 #5DCD36

monochromatic

#2F1B6D #44279E #5A36CD #8267D9 #AA98E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#5A36CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#5A36CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A36CD

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A36CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A36CD	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22607F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a36cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 54, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.216 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9571dd',
    500: '#5a36cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a36cd;
$custom-light: #9571dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a36cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.305,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47539,
    "c": 0.21644,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A36CD

secondary

#C1D18E

accent

#E344BD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A36CD

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

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