#5E36AB#5E36AB

#5E36AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.176 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E36AB
RGB	rgb(94, 54, 171)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 68.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.90, 44.41, -56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.90, 71.82, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(44.96% 0.0711 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(44.96% 0.176 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2839, 7.9579, 39.3563)
Luminance	0.0796 (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

#5E36AB #83AB36

analogous

#3649AB #5E36AB #9936AB

triadic

#5E36AB #AB5E36 #36AB5E

tetradic

#5E36AB #AB3649 #83AB36 #36AB99

square

#5E36AB #AB3649 #83AB36 #36AB99

split-complementary

#5E36AB #AB9936 #49AB36

monochromatic

#2B194E #44277C #5E36AB #7D55C9 #A083D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#5E36AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#5E36AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E36AB

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E36AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E36AB	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48536C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e36ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 54, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.176 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9270c5',
    500: '#5e36ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e36ab;
$custom-light: #9270c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e36ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.513,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44956,
    "c": 0.17644,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E36AB

secondary

#AAC27B

accent

#DB4CAB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E36AB

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

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