#5E36A6#5E36A6

#5E36A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.170 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E36A6
RGB	rgb(94, 54, 166)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(261, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 67.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, 43.03, -54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 69.11, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% 0.0719 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.17 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8164, 7.7709, 36.8937)
Luminance	0.0777 (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

#5E36A6 #7EA636

analogous

#3646A6 #5E36A6 #9636A6

triadic

#5E36A6 #A65E36 #36A65E

tetradic

#5E36A6 #A63646 #7EA636 #36A696

square

#5E36A6 #A63646 #7EA636 #36A696

split-complementary

#5E36A6 #A69636 #46A636

monochromatic

#2A184A #442778 #5E36A6 #7C52C7 #9F81D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#5E36A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5E36A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E36A6

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E36A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E36A6	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e36a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 54, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.170 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9270c1',
    500: '#5e36a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e36a6;
$custom-light: #9270c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e36a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4455,
    "c": 0.17044,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E36A6

secondary

#A6BF79

accent

#DA4DA8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E36A6

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

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