#5C2197#5C2197

#5C2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.178 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C2197
RGB	rgb(92, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, 48.97, -53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 72.41, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.47% 0.0926 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(40.47% 0.178 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5420, 5.5973, 29.7971)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C2197 #5C9721

analogous

#212197 #5C2197 #972197

triadic

#5C2197 #975C21 #21975C

tetradic

#5C2197 #972121 #5C9721 #219797

square

#5C2197 #972121 #5C9721 #219797

split-complementary

#5C2197 #979721 #219721

monochromatic

#1F0B33 #3D1665 #5C2197 #7B2CC9 #9958DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#5C2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5C2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C2197

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C2197	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.178 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063b6',
    500: '#5c2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c2197;
$custom-light: #9063b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40472,
    "c": 0.17828,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C2197

secondary

#8ABE55

accent

#E74194

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C2197

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

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