#5C168C#5C168C

#5C168C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.178 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C168C
RGB	rgb(92, 22, 140)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 84.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.99, 50.51, -50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.99, 71.38, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.1046 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.178 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4331, 4.7427, 25.2243)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.07

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C168C #468C16

analogous

#21168C #5C168C #8C1681

triadic

#5C168C #8C5C16 #168C5C

tetradic

#5C168C #8C2116 #468C16 #16818C

square

#5C168C #8C2116 #468C16 #16818C

split-complementary

#5C168C #818C16 #168C21

monochromatic

#160522 #390E57 #5C168C #7F1EC1 #9E3CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#5C168C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5C168C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C168C

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C168C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C168C	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c168c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 22, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.178 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905eae',
    500: '#5c168c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c168c;
$custom-light: #905eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c168c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.593,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38515,
    "c": 0.17776,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C168C

secondary

#73C03E

accent

#F03883

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C168C

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

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