#5C2181#5C2181

#5C2181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.155 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C2181
RGB	rgb(92, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(277, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 74.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.59, 43.65, -42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.59, 60.98, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% 0.0974 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.155 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9191, 4.9482, 21.2499)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C2181 #468121

analogous

#2C2181 #5C2181 #812176

triadic

#5C2181 #815C21 #21815C

tetradic

#5C2181 #812C21 #468121 #217681

square

#5C2181 #812C21 #468121 #217681

split-complementary

#5C2181 #768121 #21812C

monochromatic

#160820 #391550 #5C2181 #7F2DB2 #9E4BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#5C2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5C2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C2181

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C2181	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08407F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.155 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62a6',
    500: '#5c2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c2181;
$custom-light: #8e62a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.875,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38654,
    "c": 0.15511,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C2181

secondary

#73B44A

accent

#E24582

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C2181

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

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