#5E36C8#5E36C8

#5E36C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.210 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E36C8
RGB	rgb(94, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.34, 52.50, -69.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.34, 87.15, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(47.45% 0.0654 -0.2)
OKLCH	oklch(47.45% 0.21 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3575, 9.1873, 55.5438)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.56

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E36C8 #A0C836

analogous

#3657C8 #5E36C8 #A736C8

triadic

#5E36C8 #C85E36 #36C85E

tetradic

#5E36C8 #C83657 #A0C836 #36C8A7

square

#5E36C8 #C83657 #A0C836 #36C8A7

split-complementary

#5E36C8 #C8A736 #57C836

monochromatic

#311C68 #472998 #5E36C8 #8466D6 #AB96E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#5E36C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#5E36C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E36C8

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E36C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E36C8	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.210 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9671da',
    500: '#5e36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e36c8;
$custom-light: #9671da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.438,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47453,
    "c": 0.21042,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E36C8

secondary

#BCCE8C

accent

#E147B7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E36C8

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

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