#5C237F#5C237F

#5C237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.150 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C237F
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.76, 42.26, -41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.76, 58.91, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0955 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.15 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8447, 5.0099, 20.5756)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C237F #467F23

analogous

#2E237F #5C237F #7F2374

triadic

#5C237F #7F5C23 #237F5C

tetradic

#5C237F #7F2E23 #467F23 #23747F

square

#5C237F #7F2E23 #467F23 #23747F

split-complementary

#5C237F #747F23 #237F2E

monochromatic

#16091F #39164F #5C237F #7F30AF #9E4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#5C237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5C237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C237F

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C237F	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11407D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.150 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63a5',
    500: '#5c237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c237f;
$custom-light: #8e63a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.174,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38732,
    "c": 0.15041,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C237F

secondary

#73B14C

accent

#E04882

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C237F

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

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