#5B36BD#5B36BD

#5B36BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.198 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36BD
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 189)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.07, 48.94, -65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.07, 81.53, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(46.19% 0.0635 -0.1873)
OKLCH	oklch(46.19% 0.198 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8162, 8.5359, 49.0012)
Luminance	0.0854 (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

#5B36BD #98BD36

analogous

#3655BD #5B36BD #9E36BD

triadic

#5B36BD #BD5B36 #36BD5B

tetradic

#5B36BD #BD3655 #98BD36 #36BD9E

square

#5B36BD #BD3655 #98BD36 #36BD9E

split-complementary

#5B36BD #BD9E36 #55BD36

monochromatic

#2D1B5E #44288D #5B36BD #7E5FD1 #A58FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#5B36BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#5B36BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36BD

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36BD	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.198 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9370d2',
    500: '#5b36bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36bd;
$custom-light: #9370d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46187,
    "c": 0.19779,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36BD

secondary

#B7C985

accent

#DF49B6

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36BD

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

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