#5E36AE#5E36AE

#5E36AE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.180 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E36AE
RGB	rgb(94, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(260, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(260, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 69%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.14, 45.24, -57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.14, 73.43, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(45.2% 0.0706 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(45.2% 0.18 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5731, 8.0736, 40.8794)
Luminance	0.0807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 4.17

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E36AE #86AE36

analogous

#364AAE #5E36AE #9A36AE

triadic

#5E36AE #AE5E36 #36AE5E

tetradic

#5E36AE #AE364A #86AE36 #36AE9A

square

#5E36AE #AE364A #86AE36 #36AE9A

split-complementary

#5E36AE #AE9A36 #4AAE36

monochromatic

#2C1951 #45287F #5E36AE #7D56CB #A185D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#5E36AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#5E36AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E36AE

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E36AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E36AE	1.00	8.03	2.61	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46546E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e36ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.180 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9370c7',
    500: '#5e36ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e36ae;
$custom-light: #9370c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e36ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45203,
    "c": 0.18003,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E36AE

secondary

#ACC37D

accent

#DC4CAC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E36AE

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

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