#5C158E#5C158E

#5C158E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.181 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C158E
RGB	rgb(92, 21, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 85.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 51.29, -51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 72.74, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.61% 0.1047 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(38.61% 0.181 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5632, 4.7647, 26.0018)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C158E #478E15

analogous

#20158E #5C158E #8E1584

triadic

#5C158E #8E5C15 #158E5C

tetradic

#5C158E #8E2015 #478E15 #15848E

square

#5C158E #8E2015 #478E15 #15848E

split-complementary

#5C158E #848E15 #158E20

monochromatic

#170523 #390D59 #5C158E #7F1DC3 #9D3BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#5C158E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5C158E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C158E

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C158E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C158E	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c158e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 21, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.181 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905eb0',
    500: '#5c158e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c158e;
$custom-light: #905eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c158e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.207,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38614,
    "c": 0.18051,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C158E

secondary

#74C23D

accent

#F13784

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2E9F5

border

#CCC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C158E

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

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