#5C2491#5C2491

#5C2491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.169 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C2491
RGB	rgb(92, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.33, 46.17, -49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.33, 67.85, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.29% 0.0913 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(40.29% 0.169 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1541, 5.5814, 27.3249)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C2491 #599124

analogous

#262491 #5C2491 #91248F

triadic

#5C2491 #915C24 #24915C

tetradic

#5C2491 #912624 #599124 #248F91

square

#5C2491 #912624 #599124 #248F91

split-complementary

#5C2491 #8F9124 #249126

monochromatic

#1E0C2F #3D1860 #5C2491 #7B30C2 #9959D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#5C2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5C2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C2491

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C2491	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.169 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b2',
    500: '#5c2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c2491;
$custom-light: #8f64b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.826,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40286,
    "c": 0.16856,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C2491

secondary

#87BA56

accent

#E34492

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C2491

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

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