#5C2199#5C2199

#5C2199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.180 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C2199
RGB	rgb(92, 33, 153)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 78.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.55, 49.46, -54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.55, 73.44, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% 0.0921 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.18 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7058, 5.6628, 30.6598)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C2199 #5E9921

analogous

#212299 #5C2199 #982199

triadic

#5C2199 #995C21 #21995C

tetradic

#5C2199 #992122 #5E9921 #219998

square

#5C2199 #992122 #5E9921 #219998

split-complementary

#5C2199 #999821 #229921

monochromatic

#1F0B34 #3E1667 #5C2199 #7A2CCB #9959DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#5C2199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5C2199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C2199

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C2199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C2199	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c2199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 33, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.180 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063b8',
    500: '#5c2199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c2199;
$custom-light: #9063b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c2199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40646,
    "c": 0.18037,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C2199

secondary

#8CBF56

accent

#E84095

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C2199

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

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