#5B36AD#5B36AD

#5B36AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.179 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36AD
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 173)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 68.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 44.41, -57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 72.98, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(44.81% 0.0665 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(44.81% 0.179 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1743, 7.8792, 40.3537)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.18

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B36AD #88AD36

analogous

#364DAD #5B36AD #9636AD

triadic

#5B36AD #AD5B36 #36AD5B

tetradic

#5B36AD #AD364D #88AD36 #36AD96

square

#5B36AD #AD364D #88AD36 #36AD96

split-complementary

#5B36AD #AD9636 #4DAD36

monochromatic

#2A1950 #42277E #5B36AD #7A56CA #9F85D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#5B36AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#5B36AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36AD

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36AD	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42546D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.179 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9170c6',
    500: '#5b36ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36ad;
$custom-light: #9170c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.655,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44812,
    "c": 0.17874,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36AD

secondary

#ADC27C

accent

#DC4CAF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36AD

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

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