#5B36CC#5B36CC

#5B36CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.215 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36CC
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 204)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 53.20, -71.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 89.35, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(47.54% 0.0602 -0.2066)
OKLCH	oklch(47.54% 0.215 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5294, 9.2212, 58.0239)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.06

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B36CC #A7CC36

analogous

#365CCC #5B36CC #A636CC

triadic

#5B36CC #CC5B36 #36CC5B

tetradic

#5B36CC #CC365C #A7CC36 #36CCA6

square

#5B36CC #CC365C #A7CC36 #36CCA6

split-complementary

#5B36CC #CCA636 #5CCC36

monochromatic

#2F1B6C #45289D #5B36CC #8367D8 #AB98E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#5B36CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#5B36CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36CC

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36CC	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#275F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.215 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9571dd',
    500: '#5b36cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36cc;
$custom-light: #9571dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47537,
    "c": 0.2152,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36CC

secondary

#C0D08E

accent

#E345BC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36CC

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

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