#5C17A0#5C17A0

#5C17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.196 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C17A0
RGB	rgb(92, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.92, 54.84, -59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.92, 80.98, 312.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% 0.0972 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.196 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0636, 5.4260, 33.7153)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C17A0 #5BA017

analogous

#1817A0 #5C17A0 #A0179F

triadic

#5C17A0 #A05C17 #17A05C

tetradic

#5C17A0 #A01817 #5BA017 #179FA0

square

#5C17A0 #A01817 #5BA017 #179FA0

split-complementary

#5C17A0 #9FA017 #17A018

monochromatic

#1E0835 #3D0F6A #5C17A0 #7B1FD6 #994CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#5C17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5C17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C17A0

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C17A0	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.196 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9260bd',
    500: '#5c17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c17a0;
$custom-light: #9260bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.219,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40403,
    "c": 0.19632,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C17A0

secondary

#89C74C

accent

#F13693

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C17A0

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

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