#5B36C8#5B36C8

#5B36C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.211 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36C8
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.05, 52.06, -70.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.05, 87.28, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(47.17% 0.0611 -0.2015)
OKLCH	oklch(47.17% 0.211 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0558, 9.0318, 55.5297)
Luminance	0.0903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.23

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B36C8 #A3C836

analogous

#365AC8 #5B36C8 #A436C8

triadic

#5B36C8 #C85B36 #36C85B

tetradic

#5B36C8 #C8365A #A3C836 #36C8A4

square

#5B36C8 #C8365A #A3C836 #36C8A4

split-complementary

#5B36C8 #C8A436 #5AC836

monochromatic

#2F1C68 #452998 #5B36C8 #8266D6 #A996E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#5B36C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#5B36C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36C8

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36C8	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C5E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.211 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9471da',
    500: '#5b36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36c8;
$custom-light: #9471da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.205,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47172,
    "c": 0.21059,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36C8

secondary

#BDCE8C

accent

#E147BA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36C8

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

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