#5B36C4#5B36C4

#5B36C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.206 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36C4
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 196)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.69, 50.93, -68.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.69, 85.20, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(46.81% 0.062 -0.1964)
OKLCH	oklch(46.81% 0.206 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5944, 8.8472, 53.0998)
Luminance	0.0885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.57

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B36C4 #9FC436

analogous

#3658C4 #5B36C4 #A236C4

triadic

#5B36C4 #C45B36 #36C45B

tetradic

#5B36C4 #C43658 #9FC436 #36C4A2

square

#5B36C4 #C43658 #9FC436 #36C4A2

split-complementary

#5B36C4 #C4A236 #58C436

monochromatic

#2E1C64 #452994 #5B36C4 #8163D4 #A793E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#5B36C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#5B36C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36C4

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36C4	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.206 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9471d7',
    500: '#5b36c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36c4;
$custom-light: #9471d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.634,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46811,
    "c": 0.20597,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36C4

secondary

#BBCC89

accent

#E048B8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36C4

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

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