#5C1261#5C1261

#5C1261 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.142 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C1261
RGB	rgb(92, 18, 97)
HSL	hsl(296, 69%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(296, 81%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 81.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 42.78, -29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 51.71, 325.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.1166 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.142 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7874, 3.5714, 11.6388)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.37

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C1261 #176112

analogous

#351261 #5C1261 #61123E

triadic

#5C1261 #615C12 #12615C

tetradic

#5C1261 #613512 #176112 #123E61

square

#5C1261 #613512 #176112 #123E61

split-complementary

#5C1261 #3E6112 #126135

monochromatic

#18051A #2B082D #5C1261 #8D1C95 #BE25C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#5C1261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#5C1261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C1261

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C1261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C1261	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24385F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2139

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c1261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 18, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.142 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5a8e',
    500: '#5c1261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c1261;
$custom-light: #8d5a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c1261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.203,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34809,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C1261

secondary

#3C9936

accent

#EC3C47

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C1261

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

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