#5C236D#5C236D

#5C236D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.131 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C236D
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(286, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(286, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 38.13, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 49.51, 320.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.097 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.131 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7746, 4.5818, 14.9399)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C236D #346D23

analogous

#37236D #5C236D #6D2359

triadic

#5C236D #6D5C23 #236D5C

tetradic

#5C236D #6D3723 #346D23 #23596D

square

#5C236D #6D3723 #346D23 #23596D

split-complementary

#5C236D #596D23 #236D37

monochromatic

#140717 #35143F #5C236D #83329B #A747C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#5C236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5C236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C236D

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C236D	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09396F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B3044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.131 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6297',
    500: '#5c236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c236d;
$custom-light: #8d6297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.216,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37432,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C236D

secondary

#5FA04B

accent

#DB4D6E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C236D

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

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