#5C237A#5C237A

#5C237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.145 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C237A
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.40, 41.08, -38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.40, 56.28, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(38.35% 0.0961 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(38.35% 0.145 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5269, 4.8827, 18.9019)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C237A #417A23

analogous

#30237A #5C237A #7A236C

triadic

#5C237A #7A5C23 #237A5C

tetradic

#5C237A #7A3023 #417A23 #236C7A

square

#5C237A #7A3023 #417A23 #236C7A

split-complementary

#5C237A #6C7A23 #237A30

monochromatic

#14081B #38154A #5C237A #8031AA #A04CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#5C237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5C237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C237A

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C237A	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.145 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63a1',
    500: '#5c237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c237a;
$custom-light: #8d63a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38355,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C237A

secondary

#6DAD4C

accent

#DF497D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C237A

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

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