#5C2391#5C2391

#5C2391 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.170 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C2391
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 145)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 75.9%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.17, 46.62, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.17, 68.35, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0923 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.17 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1243, 5.5217, 27.3150)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C2391 #589123

analogous

#252391 #5C2391 #91238F

triadic

#5C2391 #915C23 #23915C

tetradic

#5C2391 #912523 #589123 #238F91

square

#5C2391 #912523 #589123 #238F91

split-complementary

#5C2391 #8F9123 #239125

monochromatic

#1D0B2E #3D1760 #5C2391 #7B2FC2 #9A58D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#5C2391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5C2391 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C2391

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C2391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C2391	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c2391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.170 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b2',
    500: '#5c2391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c2391;
$custom-light: #8f64b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c2391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40174,
    "c": 0.16971,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C2391

secondary

#86BB55

accent

#E44491

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C2391

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

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