#5C1487#5C1487

#5C1487 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.175 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C1487
RGB	rgb(92, 20, 135)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 85.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 50.03, -48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 69.60, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% 0.1076 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.175 308)
XYZ	xyz(9.0360, 4.5250, 23.3144)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C1487 #3F8714

analogous

#221487 #5C1487 #871479

triadic

#5C1487 #875C14 #14875C

tetradic

#5C1487 #872214 #3F8714 #147987

square

#5C1487 #872214 #3F8714 #147987

split-complementary

#5C1487 #798714 #148722

monochromatic

#13041C #380C52 #5C1487 #801CBC #A034E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#5C1487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5C1487 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C1487

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C1487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C1487	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c1487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 20, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.175 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5dab',
    500: '#5c1487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c1487;
$custom-light: #8f5dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c1487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.565,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37928,
    "c": 0.1747,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.04525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C1487

secondary

#6BBB3B

accent

#F1377C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C1487

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

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