#5E36CC#5E36CC

#5E36CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.215 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E36CC
RGB	rgb(94, 54, 204)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 73.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.70, 53.62, -71.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.70, 89.21, 306.95°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% 0.0645 -0.2051)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.215 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8311, 9.3768, 58.0381)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.43

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E36CC #A4CC36

analogous

#3659CC #5E36CC #A936CC

triadic

#5E36CC #CC5E36 #36CC5E

tetradic

#5E36CC #CC3659 #A4CC36 #36CCA9

square

#5E36CC #CC3659 #A4CC36 #36CCA9

split-complementary

#5E36CC #CCA936 #59CC36

monochromatic

#311B6C #47289D #5E36CC #8567D8 #AC98E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#5E36CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5E36CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E36CC

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E36CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E36CC	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e36cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 54, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.215 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9771dd',
    500: '#5e36cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e36cc;
$custom-light: #9771dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e36cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47814,
    "c": 0.21499,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E36CC

secondary

#BED08E

accent

#E345B9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E36CC

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

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