#5C229B#5C229B

#5C229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.181 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C229B
RGB	rgb(92, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 49.54, -54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 74.01, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% 0.0907 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.181 300)
XYZ	xyz(10.9006, 5.7858, 31.5465)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C229B #619B22

analogous

#22259B #5C229B #98229B

triadic

#5C229B #9B5C22 #229B5C

tetradic

#5C229B #9B2225 #619B22 #229B98

square

#5C229B #9B2225 #619B22 #229B98

split-complementary

#5C229B #9B9822 #259B22

monochromatic

#200C37 #3E1769 #5C229B #7A2DCD #995CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#5C229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5C229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C229B

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C229B	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.181 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064b9',
    500: '#5c229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c229b;
$custom-light: #9064b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.76,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40924,
    "c": 0.18144,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.05786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C229B

secondary

#8FC059

accent

#E74197

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C229B

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

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