#5B36D4#5B36D4

#5B36D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.224 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36D4
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 212)
HSL	hsl(254, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 74.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, 55.46, -75.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 93.45, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.28% 0.0583 -0.2166)
OKLCH	oklch(48.28% 0.224 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5136, 9.6149, 63.2076)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B36D4 #AFD436

analogous

#3660D4 #5B36D4 #AA36D4

triadic

#5B36D4 #D45B36 #36D45B

tetradic

#5B36D4 #D43660 #AFD436 #36D4AA

square

#5B36D4 #D43660 #AFD436 #36D4AA

split-complementary

#5B36D4 #D4AA36 #60D436

monochromatic

#2F1976 #4324A9 #5B36D4 #8468DF #AD9BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#5B36D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5B36D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36D4

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36D4	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B6283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.224 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9671e2',
    500: '#5b36d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36d4;
$custom-light: #9671e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.051,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48279,
    "c": 0.22432,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36D4

secondary

#C5D590

accent

#E840C0

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0816

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36D4

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

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