#5F36C8#5F36C8

#5F36C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.210 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F36C8
RGB	rgb(95, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, 52.65, -69.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 87.10, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(47.55% 0.0669 -0.1994)
OKLCH	oklch(47.55% 0.21 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4608, 9.2406, 55.5486)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.69

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F36C8 #9FC836

analogous

#3656C8 #5F36C8 #A836C8

triadic

#5F36C8 #C85F36 #36C85F

tetradic

#5F36C8 #C83656 #9FC836 #36C8A8

square

#5F36C8 #C83656 #9FC836 #36C8A8

split-complementary

#5F36C8 #C8A836 #56C836

monochromatic

#311C68 #482998 #5F36C8 #8566D6 #AB96E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#5F36C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5F36C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F36C8

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F36C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F36C8	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.210 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9771da',
    500: '#5f36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f36c8;
$custom-light: #9771da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.849,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47548,
    "c": 0.21037,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F36C8

secondary

#BBCE8C

accent

#E147B6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F36C8

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

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