#5C156C#5C156C

#5C156C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.149 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C156C
RGB	rgb(92, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(289, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.32, 43.90, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.32, 55.81, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.1127 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.149 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3882, 3.8947, 14.5470)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C156C #256C15

analogous

#31156C #5C156C #6C1550

triadic

#5C156C #6C5C15 #156C5C

tetradic

#5C156C #6C3115 #256C15 #15506C

square

#5C156C #6C3115 #256C15 #15506C

split-complementary

#5C156C #506C15 #156C31

monochromatic

#16051A #300B39 #5C156C #881F9F #B329D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#5C156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5C156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C156C

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C156C	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.149 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c97',
    500: '#5c156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c156c;
$custom-light: #8d5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.966,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35846,
    "c": 0.14854,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C156C

secondary

#4DA33A

accent

#EA3D5D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C156C

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

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