#5C237D#5C237D

#5C237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.148 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C237D
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.62, 41.78, -40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.62, 57.86, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.58% 0.0958 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(38.58% 0.148 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7156, 4.9582, 19.8960)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C237D #447D23

analogous

#2F237D #5C237D #7D2371

triadic

#5C237D #7D5C23 #237D5C

tetradic

#5C237D #7D2F23 #447D23 #23717D

square

#5C237D #7D2F23 #447D23 #23717D

split-complementary

#5C237D #717D23 #237D2F

monochromatic

#16081D #39164D #5C237D #7F30AD #9E4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#5C237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5C237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C237D

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C237D	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14407B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.148 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63a3',
    500: '#5c237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c237d;
$custom-light: #8e63a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3858,
    "c": 0.14827,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C237D

secondary

#71AF4C

accent

#E04880

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C237D

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

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