#5B36AA#5B36AA

#5B36AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.175 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36AA
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 68.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.49, 43.56, -56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.49, 71.36, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% 0.067 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.175 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8872, 7.7643, 38.8421)
Luminance	0.0776 (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

#5B36AA #85AA36

analogous

#364BAA #5B36AA #9536AA

triadic

#5B36AA #AA5B36 #36AA5B

tetradic

#5B36AA #AA364B #85AA36 #36AA95

square

#5B36AA #AA364B #85AA36 #36AA95

split-complementary

#5B36AA #AA9536 #4BAA36

monochromatic

#29184D #42277C #5B36AA #7A54C9 #9E83D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#5B36AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5B36AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36AA

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36AA	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43536B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.175 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9070c4',
    500: '#5b36aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36aa;
$custom-light: #9070c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.138,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44562,
    "c": 0.17511,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36AA

secondary

#ABC17B

accent

#DB4DAE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36AA

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

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