#5C237B#5C237B

#5C237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.146 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C237B
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.47, 41.31, -38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.47, 56.81, 316.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.096 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.146 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5891, 4.9076, 19.2299)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C237B #427B23

analogous

#30237B #5C237B #7B236E

triadic

#5C237B #7B5C23 #237B5C

tetradic

#5C237B #7B3023 #427B23 #236E7B

square

#5C237B #7B3023 #427B23 #236E7B

split-complementary

#5C237B #6E7B23 #237B30

monochromatic

#15081C #38154B #5C237B #8031AB #9F4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#5C237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5C237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C237B

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C237B	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.146 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63a2',
    500: '#5c237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c237b;
$custom-light: #8d63a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.864,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3843,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C237B

secondary

#6FAE4C

accent

#DF497E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C237B

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

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