#5C237E#5C237E

#5C237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.149 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C237E
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 42.02, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 58.38, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% 0.0957 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.149 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7798, 4.9839, 20.2341)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.55

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C237E #457E23

analogous

#2E237E #5C237E #7E2373

triadic

#5C237E #7E5C23 #237E5C

tetradic

#5C237E #7E2E23 #457E23 #23737E

square

#5C237E #7E2E23 #457E23 #23737E

split-complementary

#5C237E #737E23 #237E2E

monochromatic

#16081E #39164E #5C237E #7F30AE #9E4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#5C237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5C237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C237E

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C237E	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12407C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.149 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63a4',
    500: '#5c237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c237e;
$custom-light: #8e63a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.582,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38656,
    "c": 0.14934,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C237E

secondary

#72B04C

accent

#E04881

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C237E

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

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