#5C2196#5C2196

#5C2196 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.177 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C2196
RGB	rgb(92, 33, 150)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 78%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 48.72, -52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 71.90, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% 0.0929 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.177 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4612, 5.5650, 29.3713)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C2196 #5B9621

analogous

#212196 #5C2196 #962195

triadic

#5C2196 #965C21 #21965C

tetradic

#5C2196 #962121 #5B9621 #219596

square

#5C2196 #962121 #5B9621 #219596

split-complementary

#5C2196 #959621 #219621

monochromatic

#1E0B32 #3D1664 #5C2196 #7B2CC8 #9957DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#5C2196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5C2196 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C2196

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C2196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C2196	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c2196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 33, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.177 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063b6',
    500: '#5c2196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c2196;
$custom-light: #9063b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c2196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.256,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40385,
    "c": 0.17722,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C2196

secondary

#89BE55

accent

#E74193

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C2196

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

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