#5C159E#5C159E

#5C159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.196 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C159E
RGB	rgb(92, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(271, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.52, 54.98, -59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.52, 80.67, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% 0.0991 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.196 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8518, 5.2802, 32.7886)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C159E #579E15

analogous

#18159E #5C159E #9E159B

triadic

#5C159E #9E5C15 #159E5C

tetradic

#5C159E #9E1815 #579E15 #159B9E

square

#5C159E #9E1815 #579E15 #159B9E

split-complementary

#5C159E #9B9E15 #159E18

monochromatic

#1D0732 #3D0E68 #5C159E #7B1CD4 #9A47E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#5C159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5C159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C159E

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C159E	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.196 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fbc',
    500: '#5c159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c159e;
$custom-light: #915fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.095,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40073,
    "c": 0.19585,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C159E

secondary

#85C747

accent

#F33590

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C159E

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

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