#5B36CA#5B36CA

#5B36CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.213 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36CA
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 202)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 73.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.23, 52.63, -70.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.23, 88.32, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(47.35% 0.0607 -0.2041)
OKLCH	oklch(47.35% 0.213 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.2910, 9.1259, 56.7687)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.12

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B36CA #A5CA36

analogous

#365BCA #5B36CA #A536CA

triadic

#5B36CA #CA5B36 #36CA5B

tetradic

#5B36CA #CA365B #A5CA36 #36CAA5

square

#5B36CA #CA365B #A5CA36 #36CAA5

split-complementary

#5B36CA #CAA536 #5BCA36

monochromatic

#2F1C6A #45299A #5B36CA #8366D7 #AA97E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#5B36CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#5B36CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36CA

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36CA	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A5F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.213 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9571db',
    500: '#5b36ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36ca;
$custom-light: #9571db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47354,
    "c": 0.2129,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36CA

secondary

#BECF8D

accent

#E146BB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36CA

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

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