#5C237C#5C237C

#5C237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.147 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C237C
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.54, 41.55, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.54, 57.33, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.51% 0.0959 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(38.51% 0.147 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6521, 4.9328, 19.5612)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C237C #437C23

analogous

#2F237C #5C237C #7C236F

triadic

#5C237C #7C5C23 #237C5C

tetradic

#5C237C #7C2F23 #437C23 #236F7C

square

#5C237C #7C2F23 #437C23 #236F7C

split-complementary

#5C237C #6F7C23 #237C2F

monochromatic

#15081D #39164C #5C237C #7F30AC #9F4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#5C237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5C237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C237C

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C237C	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16407A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.147 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63a2',
    500: '#5c237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c237c;
$custom-light: #8e63a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.427,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38505,
    "c": 0.1472,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C237C

secondary

#70AF4C

accent

#DF497F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C237C

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

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