#5C238C#5C238C

#5C238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.164 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C238C
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, 45.39, -47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 65.73, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.76% 0.0933 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(39.76% 0.164 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7472, 5.3709, 25.3290)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C238C #538C23

analogous

#27238C #5C238C #8C2388

triadic

#5C238C #8C5C23 #238C5C

tetradic

#5C238C #8C2723 #538C23 #23888C

square

#5C238C #8C2723 #538C23 #23888C

split-complementary

#5C238C #888C23 #238C27

monochromatic

#1C0B2A #3C175B #5C238C #7C2FBD #9A55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#5C238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5C238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C238C

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C238C	1.00	10.12	2.07	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.164 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64ae',
    500: '#5c238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c238c;
$custom-light: #8f64ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3976,
    "c": 0.16436,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C238C

secondary

#81B852

accent

#E3458D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C238C

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

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