#5B36D3#5B36D3

#5B36D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.223 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36D3
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 211)
HSL	hsl(254, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.05, 55.18, -74.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.05, 92.94, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.0585 -0.2154)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.223 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3879, 9.5646, 62.5453)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.35

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B36D3 #AED336

analogous

#3660D3 #5B36D3 #AA36D3

triadic

#5B36D3 #D35B36 #36D35B

tetradic

#5B36D3 #D33660 #AED336 #36D3AA

square

#5B36D3 #D33660 #AED336 #36D3AA

split-complementary

#5B36D3 #D3AA36 #60D336

monochromatic

#2F1A75 #4325A7 #5B36D3 #8468DE #AD9AE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#5B36D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5B36D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36D3

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36D3	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D6282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.223 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9671e2',
    500: '#5b36d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36d3;
$custom-light: #9671e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.14,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48185,
    "c": 0.22319,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36D3

secondary

#C5D590

accent

#E741C0

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0816

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36D3

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

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