#5C1561#5C1561

#5C1561 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.139 H 325.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C1561
RGB	rgb(92, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(296, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(296, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.57, 41.73, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.57, 50.52, 325.70°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% 0.1137 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.139 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8393, 3.6752, 11.6561)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.63

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C1561 #1A6115

analogous

#361561 #5C1561 #611540

triadic

#5C1561 #615C15 #15615C

tetradic

#5C1561 #613615 #1A6115 #154061

square

#5C1561 #613615 #1A6115 #154061

split-complementary

#5C1561 #406115 #156136

monochromatic

#180519 #2C0A2F #5C1561 #8C2093 #BB2BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#5C1561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#5C1561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C1561

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C1561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C1561	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25395F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E223A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c1561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.139 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5b8e',
    500: '#5c1561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c1561;
$custom-light: #8d5b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c1561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.053,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3507,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C1561

secondary

#40983A

accent

#E7404B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C1561

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

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