#5C157B#5C157B

#5C157B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.163 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C157B
RGB	rgb(92, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(282, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(282, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.46, 47.06, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.46, 63.24, 318.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.11 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.163 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2563, 4.2420, 19.1189)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C157B #347B15

analogous

#29157B #5C157B #7B1567

triadic

#5C157B #7B5C15 #157B5C

tetradic

#5C157B #7B2915 #347B15 #15677B

square

#5C157B #7B2915 #347B15 #15677B

split-complementary

#5C157B #677B15 #157B29

monochromatic

#14041A #350C47 #5C157B #831EAF #A72FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#5C157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5C157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C157B

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C157B	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.163 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca2',
    500: '#5c157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c157b;
$custom-light: #8e5ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.765,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37004,
    "c": 0.1625,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C157B

secondary

#5FB03B

accent

#EE3A71

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C157B

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

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