#5C2172#5C2172

#5C2172 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.139 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C2172
RGB	rgb(92, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(284, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.50, 40.20, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.50, 53.18, 319.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0992 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.139 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9943, 4.5782, 16.3789)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.48

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C2172 #377221

analogous

#342172 #5C2172 #722160

triadic

#5C2172 #725C21 #21725C

tetradic

#5C2172 #723421 #377221 #216072

square

#5C2172 #723421 #377221 #216072

split-complementary

#5C2172 #607221 #217234

monochromatic

#130718 #361343 #5C2172 #822FA1 #A544C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#5C2172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5C2172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C2172

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C2172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C2172	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3E70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A3147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c2172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.139 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d629b',
    500: '#5c2172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c2172;
$custom-light: #8d629b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c2172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.704,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37531,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C2172

secondary

#62A549

accent

#DE4972

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C2172

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

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