#5C197F#5C197F

#5C197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.162 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C197F
RGB	rgb(92, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 46.51, -43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 63.65, 316.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.1057 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.162 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5913, 4.5031, 20.4912)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C197F #3C7F19

analogous

#29197F #5C197F #7F196F

triadic

#5C197F #7F5C19 #197F5C

tetradic

#5C197F #7F2919 #3C7F19 #196F7F

square

#5C197F #7F2919 #3C7F19 #196F7F

split-complementary

#5C197F #6F7F19 #197F29

monochromatic

#13051A #370F4C #5C197F #8123B2 #A23AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#5C197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5C197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C197F

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C197F	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.162 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea5',
    500: '#5c197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c197f;
$custom-light: #8e5ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.412,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37675,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C197F

secondary

#68B341

accent

#EA3E79

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C197F

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

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