#5B36C5#5B36C5

#5B36C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.207 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36C5
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 197)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 72.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.78, 51.21, -68.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.78, 85.73, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(46.9% 0.0618 -0.1977)
OKLCH	oklch(46.9% 0.207 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7086, 8.8929, 53.7013)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.48

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B36C5 #A0C536

analogous

#3659C5 #5B36C5 #A236C5

triadic

#5B36C5 #C55B36 #36C55B

tetradic

#5B36C5 #C53659 #A0C536 #36C5A2

square

#5B36C5 #C53659 #A0C536 #36C5A2

split-complementary

#5B36C5 #C5A236 #59C536

monochromatic

#2F1C65 #452995 #5B36C5 #8164D4 #A894E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#5B36C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5B36C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36C5

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36C5	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.207 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9471d8',
    500: '#5b36c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36c5;
$custom-light: #9471d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.524,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46901,
    "c": 0.20712,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36C5

secondary

#BBCD8A

accent

#E048B9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36C5

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

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