#5C169E#5C169E

#5C169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.195 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C169E
RGB	rgb(92, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.62, 54.68, -58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.62, 80.34, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0985 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.195 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8705, 5.3176, 32.7948)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C169E #589E16

analogous

#18169E #5C169E #9E169C

triadic

#5C169E #9E5C16 #169E5C

tetradic

#5C169E #9E1816 #589E16 #169C9E

square

#5C169E #9E1816 #589E16 #169C9E

split-complementary

#5C169E #9C9E16 #169E18

monochromatic

#1D0733 #3D0F68 #5C169E #7B1DD4 #9A49E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#5C169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5C169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C169E

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C169E	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	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: #5c169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.195 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fbc',
    500: '#5c169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c169e;
$custom-light: #915fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.882,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40143,
    "c": 0.19512,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C169E

secondary

#86C749

accent

#F23691

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C169E

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

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