#5C187E#5C187E

#5C187E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.162 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C187E
RGB	rgb(92, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.06, 46.66, -43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.06, 63.56, 317.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37.5% 0.1068 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(37.5% 0.162 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5054, 4.4352, 20.1426)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C187E #3A7E18

analogous

#29187E #5C187E #7E186D

triadic

#5C187E #7E5C18 #187E5C

tetradic

#5C187E #7E2918 #3A7E18 #186D7E

square

#5C187E #7E2918 #3A7E18 #186D7E

split-complementary

#5C187E #6D7E18 #187E29

monochromatic

#13051A #360E4B #5C187E #8222B1 #A337D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#5C187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5C187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C187E

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C187E	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.162 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea4',
    500: '#5c187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c187e;
$custom-light: #8e5ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37503,
    "c": 0.16238,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C187E

secondary

#66B23F

accent

#EB3D77

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C187E

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

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