#5B36C7#5B36C7

#5B36C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.209 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36C7
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 199)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 72.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.96, 51.78, -69.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.96, 86.77, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(47.08% 0.0614 -0.2003)
OKLCH	oklch(47.08% 0.209 287)
XYZ	xyz(15.9393, 8.9852, 54.9162)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.30

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B36C7 #A2C736

analogous

#365AC7 #5B36C7 #A336C7

triadic

#5B36C7 #C75B36 #36C75B

tetradic

#5B36C7 #C7365A #A2C736 #36C7A3

square

#5B36C7 #C7365A #A2C736 #36C7A3

split-complementary

#5B36C7 #C7A336 #5AC736

monochromatic

#2F1C67 #452997 #5B36C7 #8265D5 #A995E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#5B36C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5B36C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36C7

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36C7	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D5D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.209 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9471d9',
    500: '#5b36c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36c7;
$custom-light: #9471d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.31,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47081,
    "c": 0.20945,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.08986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36C7

secondary

#BDCE8B

accent

#E147B9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36C7

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

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