#5C238F#5C238F

#5C238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.168 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C238F
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.01, 46.13, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.01, 67.30, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(40.01% 0.0927 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(40.01% 0.168 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9714, 5.4606, 26.5099)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C238F #568F23

analogous

#26238F #5C238F #8F238C

triadic

#5C238F #8F5C23 #238F5C

tetradic

#5C238F #8F2623 #568F23 #238C8F

square

#5C238F #8F2623 #568F23 #238C8F

split-complementary

#5C238F #8C8F23 #238F26

monochromatic

#1D0B2D #3C175E #5C238F #7C2FC0 #9A57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#5C238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5C238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C238F

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C238F	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.168 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b1',
    500: '#5c238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c238f;
$custom-light: #8f64b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40007,
    "c": 0.16758,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C238F

secondary

#84BA54

accent

#E4448F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C238F

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

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