#5C1589#5C1589

#5C1589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.176 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C1589
RGB	rgb(92, 21, 137)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 84.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.62, 50.16, -49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.62, 70.24, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.18% 0.1063 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(38.18% 0.176 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1962, 4.6179, 24.0689)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C1589 #428915

analogous

#221589 #5C1589 #89157C

triadic

#5C1589 #895C15 #15895C

tetradic

#5C1589 #892215 #428915 #157C89

square

#5C1589 #892215 #428915 #157C89

split-complementary

#5C1589 #7C8915 #158922

monochromatic

#15051F #380D54 #5C1589 #801DBE #9F38E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#5C1589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5C1589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C1589

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C1589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C1589	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c1589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 21, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.176 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5dac',
    500: '#5c1589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c1589;
$custom-light: #8f5dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c1589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.724,
    "s": 73.418,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38176,
    "c": 0.17575,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C1589

secondary

#6FBD3D

accent

#F0387F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C1589

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

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