#5C2499#5C2499

#5C2499 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.177 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C2499
RGB	rgb(92, 36, 153)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 76.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, 48.17, -53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 72.03, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.0894 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.177 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7928, 5.8369, 30.6888)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C2499 #619924

analogous

#242699 #5C2499 #972499

triadic

#5C2499 #995C24 #24995C

tetradic

#5C2499 #992426 #619924 #249997

square

#5C2499 #992426 #619924 #249997

split-complementary

#5C2499 #999724 #269924

monochromatic

#200D36 #3E1867 #5C2499 #7A30CB #995ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#5C2499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5C2499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C2499

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C2499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C2499	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	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: #5c2499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 36, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.177 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b8',
    500: '#5c2499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c2499;
$custom-light: #9065b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c2499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.718,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40963,
    "c": 0.17718,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C2499

secondary

#8FBE5B

accent

#E54397

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C2499

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

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