#5E36A2#5E36A2

#5E36A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.166 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E36A2
RGB	rgb(94, 54, 162)
HSL	hsl(262, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 66.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 41.93, -52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 66.94, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% 0.0724 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.166 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4551, 7.6264, 34.9912)
Luminance	0.0763 (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

#5E36A2 #7AA236

analogous

#3644A2 #5E36A2 #9436A2

triadic

#5E36A2 #A25E36 #36A25E

tetradic

#5E36A2 #A23644 #7AA236 #36A294

square

#5E36A2 #A23644 #7AA236 #36A294

split-complementary

#5E36A2 #A29436 #44A236

monochromatic

#291746 #432774 #5E36A2 #7C50C5 #9E7ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#5E36A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5E36A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E36A2

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E36A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E36A2	1.00	8.32	2.53	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e36a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 54, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.166 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9170be',
    500: '#5e36a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e36a2;
$custom-light: #9170be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e36a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4423,
    "c": 0.16559,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E36A2

secondary

#A3BD77

accent

#DA4EA6

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF7

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E36A2

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

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