#5C168E#5C168E

#5C168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.180 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C168E
RGB	rgb(92, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 50.97, -51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 72.38, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.104 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.18 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5819, 4.8022, 26.0081)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C168E #488E16

analogous

#20168E #5C168E #8E1684

triadic

#5C168E #8E5C16 #168E5C

tetradic

#5C168E #8E2016 #488E16 #16848E

square

#5C168E #8E2016 #488E16 #16848E

split-complementary

#5C168E #848E16 #168E20

monochromatic

#170624 #3A0E59 #5C168E #7E1EC3 #9D3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#5C168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5C168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C168E

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C168E	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.180 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905eb0',
    500: '#5c168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c168e;
$custom-light: #905eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3869,
    "c": 0.17968,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C168E

secondary

#75C13F

accent

#F03885

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C168E

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

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