#5C157E#5C157E

#5C157E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.165 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C157E
RGB	rgb(92, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 47.71, -43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 64.74, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.1093 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.165 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4470, 4.3182, 20.1231)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C157E #377E15

analogous

#27157E #5C157E #7E156C

triadic

#5C157E #7E5C15 #157E5C

tetradic

#5C157E #7E2715 #377E15 #156C7E

square

#5C157E #7E2715 #377E15 #156C7E

split-complementary

#5C157E #6C7E15 #157E27

monochromatic

#13041A #360C4A #5C157E #821EB2 #A531DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#5C157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5C157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C157E

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C157E	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.165 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da4',
    500: '#5c157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c157e;
$custom-light: #8e5da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37248,
    "c": 0.16533,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C157E

secondary

#62B33C

accent

#EE3A74

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C157E

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

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