#5E36CA#5E36CA

#5E36CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.213 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E36CA
RGB	rgb(94, 54, 202)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 73.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, 53.06, -70.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 88.18, 306.99°)
OKLab	oklab(47.63% 0.065 -0.2025)
OKLCH	oklch(47.63% 0.213 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5928, 9.2814, 56.7829)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.47

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E36CA #A2CA36

analogous

#3658CA #5E36CA #A836CA

triadic

#5E36CA #CA5E36 #36CA5E

tetradic

#5E36CA #CA3658 #A2CA36 #36CAA8

square

#5E36CA #CA3658 #A2CA36 #36CAA8

split-complementary

#5E36CA #CAA836 #58CA36

monochromatic

#311C6A #47299A #5E36CA #8566D7 #AC97E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#5E36CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#5E36CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E36CA

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E36CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E36CA	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e36ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 54, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.213 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9671db',
    500: '#5e36ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e36ca;
$custom-light: #9671db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e36ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.216,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47633,
    "c": 0.2127,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E36CA

secondary

#BDCF8D

accent

#E146B8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E36CA

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

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