#5C2399#5C2399

#5C2399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.178 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C2399
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.84, 48.61, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.84, 72.51, 312.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.86% 0.0903 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(40.86% 0.178 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7630, 5.7772, 30.6789)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C2399 #609923

analogous

#232599 #5C2399 #972399

triadic

#5C2399 #995C23 #23995C

tetradic

#5C2399 #992325 #609923 #239997

square

#5C2399 #992325 #609923 #239997

split-complementary

#5C2399 #999723 #259923

monochromatic

#200C35 #3E1867 #5C2399 #7A2ECB #995DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#5C2399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5C2399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C2399

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C2399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C2399	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c2399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.178 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064b8',
    500: '#5c2399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c2399;
$custom-light: #9064b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c2399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.983,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40855,
    "c": 0.17826,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C2399

secondary

#8EBE59

accent

#E64297

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C2399

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

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