#5F36BD#5F36BD

#5F36BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.198 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F36BD
RGB	rgb(95, 54, 189)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 71.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.49, 49.59, -64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.49, 81.37, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(46.58% 0.0693 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(46.58% 0.198 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.2212, 8.7447, 49.0201)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.69

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F36BD #94BD36

analogous

#3651BD #5F36BD #A236BD

triadic

#5F36BD #BD5F36 #36BD5F

tetradic

#5F36BD #BD3651 #94BD36 #36BDA2

square

#5F36BD #BD3651 #94BD36 #36BDA2

split-complementary

#5F36BD #BDA236 #51BD36

monochromatic

#2F1B5E #47288D #5F36BD #825FD1 #A78FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#5F36BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#5F36BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F36BD

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F36BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F36BD	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F5976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f36bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 54, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.198 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9571d2',
    500: '#5f36bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f36bd;
$custom-light: #9571d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f36bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46578,
    "c": 0.19769,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F36BD

secondary

#B5C985

accent

#DF49B1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F36BD

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

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