#5B36BC#5B36BC

#5B36BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.197 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36BC
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 188)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.99, 48.66, -64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.99, 81.00, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(46.1% 0.0637 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(46.1% 0.197 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7080, 8.4926, 48.4315)
Luminance	0.0849 (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

#5B36BC #97BC36

analogous

#3654BC #5B36BC #9E36BC

triadic

#5B36BC #BC5B36 #36BC5B

tetradic

#5B36BC #BC3654 #97BC36 #36BC9E

square

#5B36BC #BC3654 #97BC36 #36BC9E

split-complementary

#5B36BC #BC9E36 #54BC36

monochromatic

#2D1B5D #44288C #5B36BC #7E5ED1 #A48EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#5B36BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#5B36BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36BC

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36BC	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.197 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9370d1',
    500: '#5b36bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36bc;
$custom-light: #9370d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.567,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46099,
    "c": 0.19661,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36BC

secondary

#B6C985

accent

#DF49B5

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36BC

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

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