#5E36C2#5E36C2

#5E36C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.203 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E36C2
RGB	rgb(94, 54, 194)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 72.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.81, 50.83, -66.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.81, 84.03, 307.22°)
OKLab	oklab(46.92% 0.0668 -0.1922)
OKLCH	oklch(46.92% 0.204 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6700, 8.9123, 51.9231)
Luminance	0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.05

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E36C2 #9AC236

analogous

#3654C2 #5E36C2 #A436C2

triadic

#5E36C2 #C25E36 #36C25E

tetradic

#5E36C2 #C23654 #9AC236 #36C2A4

square

#5E36C2 #C23654 #9AC236 #36C2A4

split-complementary

#5E36C2 #C2A436 #54C236

monochromatic

#301B62 #472992 #5E36C2 #8262D3 #A892E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#5E36C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5E36C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E36C2

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E36C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E36C2	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e36c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 54, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.203 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9571d6',
    500: '#5e36c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e36c2;
$custom-light: #9571d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e36c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46918,
    "c": 0.2035,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E36C2

secondary

#B8CC88

accent

#E048B4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E36C2

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

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