#5C197E#5C197E

#5C197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.161 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C197E
RGB	rgb(92, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(280, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 46.28, -42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 63.15, 317.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.59% 0.1059 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(37.59% 0.161 311)
XYZ	xyz(8.5264, 4.4771, 20.1496)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C197E #3B7E19

analogous

#2A197E #5C197E #7E196E

triadic

#5C197E #7E5C19 #197E5C

tetradic

#5C197E #7E2A19 #3B7E19 #196E7E

square

#5C197E #7E2A19 #3B7E19 #196E7E

split-complementary

#5C197E #6E7E19 #197E2A

monochromatic

#13051A #370F4B #5C197E #8123B1 #A33AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#5C197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5C197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C197E

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C197E	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.161 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea4',
    500: '#5c197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c197e;
$custom-light: #8e5ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.802,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37594,
    "c": 0.16134,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.04477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C197E

secondary

#67B241

accent

#EA3E78

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C197E

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

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