#5E36AC#5E36AC

#5E36AC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.178 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E36AC
RGB	rgb(94, 54, 172)
HSL	hsl(260, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(260, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 68.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.98, 44.69, -56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.98, 72.36, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(45.04% 0.071 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(45.04% 0.178 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.3796, 7.9962, 39.8602)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 3.90

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E36AC #84AC36

analogous

#3649AC #5E36AC #9936AC

triadic

#5E36AC #AC5E36 #36AC5E

tetradic

#5E36AC #AC3649 #84AC36 #36AC99

square

#5E36AC #AC3649 #84AC36 #36AC99

split-complementary

#5E36AC #AC9936 #49AC36

monochromatic

#2B194F #45277D #5E36AC #7D55CA #A184D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#5E36AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#5E36AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E36AC

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E36AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E36AC	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48536C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e36ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 54, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.178 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9270c6',
    500: '#5e36ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e36ac;
$custom-light: #9270c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e36ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.339,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45038,
    "c": 0.17764,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E36AC

secondary

#AAC27C

accent

#DC4CAB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E36AC

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

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