#5E36C7#5E36C7

#5E36C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.209 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E36C7
RGB	rgb(94, 54, 199)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 72.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.25, 52.22, -69.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.25, 86.63, 307.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.36% 0.0657 -0.1987)
OKLCH	oklch(47.36% 0.209 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2410, 9.1408, 54.9303)
Luminance	0.0914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.62

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E36C7 #9FC736

analogous

#3656C7 #5E36C7 #A736C7

triadic

#5E36C7 #C75E36 #36C75E

tetradic

#5E36C7 #C73656 #9FC736 #36C7A7

square

#5E36C7 #C73656 #9FC736 #36C7A7

split-complementary

#5E36C7 #C7A736 #56C736

monochromatic

#311C67 #472997 #5E36C7 #8465D5 #AA95E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#5E36C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#5E36C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E36C7

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E36C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E36C7	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e36c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 54, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.209 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9671d9',
    500: '#5e36c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e36c7;
$custom-light: #9671d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e36c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47363,
    "c": 0.20926,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E36C7

secondary

#BBCE8B

accent

#E147B6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E36C7

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

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