#5C227E#5C227E

#5C227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.151 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C227E
RGB	rgb(92, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(278, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.52, 42.49, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.52, 58.90, 316.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0968 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.151 310)
XYZ	xyz(8.7508, 4.9259, 20.2244)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.65

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C227E #447E22

analogous

#2E227E #5C227E #7E2272

triadic

#5C227E #7E5C22 #227E5C

tetradic

#5C227E #7E2E22 #447E22 #22727E

square

#5C227E #7E2E22 #447E22 #22727E

split-complementary

#5C227E #727E22 #227E2E

monochromatic

#16081E #39154E #5C227E #7F2FAE #9E4CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#5C227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5C227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C227E

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C227E	1.00	10.58	1.99	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11407C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.151 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63a4',
    500: '#5c227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c227e;
$custom-light: #8e63a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38537,
    "c": 0.15066,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.04926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C227E

secondary

#71B14B

accent

#E14780

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C227E

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

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