#5B36D7#5B36D7

#5B36D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.228 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B36D7
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 215)
HSL	hsl(254, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 74.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.42, 56.31, -76.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.42, 94.97, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(48.56% 0.0575 -0.2203)
OKLCH	oklch(48.56% 0.228 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8955, 9.7677, 65.2192)
Luminance	0.0977 (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

#5B36D7 #B2D736

analogous

#3661D7 #5B36D7 #AC36D7

triadic

#5B36D7 #D75B36 #36D75B

tetradic

#5B36D7 #D73661 #B2D736 #36D7AC

square

#5B36D7 #D73661 #B2D736 #36D7AC

split-complementary

#5B36D7 #D7AC36 #61D736

monochromatic

#2F187A #4222AD #5B36D7 #8569E1 #AE9CEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#5B36D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#5B36D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B36D7

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B36D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B36D7	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#146484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b36d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.228 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9771e5',
    500: '#5b36d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b36d7;
$custom-light: #9771e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b36d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.789,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4856,
    "c": 0.22772,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B36D7

secondary

#C7D792

accent

#EA3EC2

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0816

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B36D7

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

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