#5C2185#5C2185

#5C2185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.159 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C2185
RGB	rgb(92, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.90, 44.60, -44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.90, 63.07, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(38.97% 0.0967 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(38.97% 0.159 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1902, 5.0566, 22.6776)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C2185 #4A8521

analogous

#2A2185 #5C2185 #85217C

triadic

#5C2185 #855C21 #21855C

tetradic

#5C2185 #852A21 #4A8521 #217C85

square

#5C2185 #852A21 #4A8521 #217C85

split-complementary

#5C2185 #7C8521 #21852A

monochromatic

#180923 #3A1554 #5C2185 #7E2DB6 #9C4DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#5C2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5C2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C2185

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C2185	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.159 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62a9',
    500: '#5c2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c2185;
$custom-light: #8e62a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.4,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3897,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C2185

secondary

#77B64C

accent

#E34486

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C2185

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

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