#5E36AA#5E36AA

#5E36AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.175 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E36AA
RGB	rgb(94, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 68.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, 44.14, -55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 71.28, 308.26°)
OKLab	oklab(44.87% 0.0713 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(44.87% 0.175 294)
XYZ	xyz(13.1890, 7.9199, 38.8562)
Luminance	0.0792 (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

#5E36AA #82AA36

analogous

#3648AA #5E36AA #9836AA

triadic

#5E36AA #AA5E36 #36AA5E

tetradic

#5E36AA #AA3648 #82AA36 #36AA98

square

#5E36AA #AA3648 #82AA36 #36AA98

split-complementary

#5E36AA #AA9836 #48AA36

monochromatic

#2B184D #44277C #5E36AA #7D54C9 #A083D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#5E36AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#5E36AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E36AA

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E36AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E36AA	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49526B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e36aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.175 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9270c4',
    500: '#5e36aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e36aa;
$custom-light: #9270c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e36aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44874,
    "c": 0.17525,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.0792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E36AA

secondary

#A9C17B

accent

#DB4DAA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E36AA

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

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