#5C157F#5C157F

#5C157F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.166 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C157F
RGB	rgb(92, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(280, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 47.93, -44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 65.24, 317.28°)
OKLab	oklab(37.33% 0.109 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(37.33% 0.166 311)
XYZ	xyz(8.5118, 4.3442, 20.4647)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.34

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C157F #387F15

analogous

#27157F #5C157F #7F156D

triadic

#5C157F #7F5C15 #157F5C

tetradic

#5C157F #7F2715 #387F15 #156D7F

square

#5C157F #7F2715 #387F15 #156D7F

split-complementary

#5C157F #6D7F15 #157F27

monochromatic

#13041A #360C4A #5C157F #821EB4 #A431DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#5C157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5C157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C157F

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C157F	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.166 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5da5',
    500: '#5c157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c157f;
$custom-light: #8f5da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.189,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37331,
    "c": 0.16628,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.04344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C157F

secondary

#63B43C

accent

#EE3975

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C157F

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

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