#5C1586#5C1586

#5C1586 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.173 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C1586
RGB	rgb(92, 21, 134)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 84.3%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 49.48, -47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 68.74, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.1071 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.173 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9840, 4.5330, 22.9513)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C1586 #3F8615

analogous

#231586 #5C1586 #861577

triadic

#5C1586 #865C15 #15865C

tetradic

#5C1586 #862315 #3F8615 #157786

square

#5C1586 #862315 #3F8615 #157786

split-complementary

#5C1586 #778615 #158623

monochromatic

#13041C #380D51 #5C1586 #801DBB #A036DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#5C1586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5C1586 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C1586

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C1586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C1586	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c1586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 21, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.173 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5daa',
    500: '#5c1586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c1586;
$custom-light: #8f5daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c1586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.699,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37918,
    "c": 0.1729,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C1586

secondary

#6BBA3C

accent

#F0387C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C1586

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

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