#5C168D#5C168D

#5C168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.179 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C168D
RGB	rgb(92, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.08, 50.74, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.08, 71.88, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.1043 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.179 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5072, 4.7723, 25.6144)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C168D #478D16

analogous

#21168D #5C168D #8D1683

triadic

#5C168D #8D5C16 #168D5C

tetradic

#5C168D #8D2116 #478D16 #16838D

square

#5C168D #8D2116 #478D16 #16838D

split-complementary

#5C168D #838D16 #168D21

monochromatic

#170523 #390E58 #5C168D #7F1EC2 #9D3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#5C168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5C168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C168D

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C168D	1.00	10.74	1.95	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.179 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905eaf',
    500: '#5c168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c168d;
$custom-light: #905eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38602,
    "c": 0.17872,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C168D

secondary

#74C13E

accent

#F03884

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C168D

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

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