#5C236B#5C236B

#5C236B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.129 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C236B
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(288, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.38, 37.69, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.38, 48.49, 321.02°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.097 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.129 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6682, 4.5392, 14.3793)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C236B #326B23

analogous

#38236B #5C236B #6B2356

triadic

#5C236B #6B5C23 #236B5C

tetradic

#5C236B #6B3823 #326B23 #23566B

square

#5C236B #6B3823 #326B23 #23566B

split-complementary

#5C236B #566B23 #236B38

monochromatic

#140817 #34143D #5C236B #843299 #A946C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#5C236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5C236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C236B

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C236B	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D386D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273E69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.129 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6296',
    500: '#5c236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c236b;
$custom-light: #8d6296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.5,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37297,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C236B

secondary

#5D9E4B

accent

#DA4E6B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C236B

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

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