#5B36D0#5B36D0

#5B36D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.220 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36D0
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 208)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 74%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.77, 54.33, -73.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.77, 91.41, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.0592 -0.2116)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.22 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0153, 9.4156, 60.5831)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.15

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B36D0 #ABD036

analogous

#365ED0 #5B36D0 #A836D0

triadic

#5B36D0 #D05B36 #36D05B

tetradic

#5B36D0 #D0365E #ABD036 #36D0A8

square

#5B36D0 #D0365E #ABD036 #36D0A8

split-complementary

#5B36D0 #D0A836 #5ED036

monochromatic

#2F1A71 #4426A3 #5B36D0 #8368DC #AC99E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#5B36D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5B36D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36D0

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36D0	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#226180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.220 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9671e0',
    500: '#5b36d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36d0;
$custom-light: #9671e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.416,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47906,
    "c": 0.21977,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36D0

secondary

#C3D38F

accent

#E543BE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36D0

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

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