#5C168B#5C168B

#5C168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.177 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C168B
RGB	rgb(92, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, 50.28, -49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 70.88, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.1049 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.177 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3597, 4.7133, 24.8378)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.04

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C168B #458B16

analogous

#21168B #5C168B #8B1680

triadic

#5C168B #8B5C16 #168B5C

tetradic

#5C168B #8B2116 #458B16 #16808B

square

#5C168B #8B2116 #458B16 #16808B

split-complementary

#5C168B #808B16 #168B21

monochromatic

#160521 #390E56 #5C168B #7F1EC0 #9E3BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#5C168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5C168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C168B

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C168B	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.177 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5eae',
    500: '#5c168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c168b;
$custom-light: #8f5eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.897,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38428,
    "c": 0.1768,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C168B

secondary

#72BF3E

accent

#EF3882

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C168B

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

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