#5C255D#5C255D

#5C255D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.112 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C255D
RGB	rgb(92, 37, 93)
HSL	hsl(299, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(299, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 60.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 33.72, -22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 40.32, 326.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.69% 0.0934 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(36.69% 0.112 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0509, 4.3892, 10.8296)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C255D #265D25

analogous

#40255D #5C255D #5D2542

triadic

#5C255D #5D5C25 #255D5C

tetradic

#5C255D #5D4025 #265D25 #25425D

square

#5C255D #5D4025 #265D25 #25425D

split-complementary

#5C255D #425D25 #255D40

monochromatic

#160916 #311431 #5C255D #873689 #B348B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#5C255D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5C255D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C255D

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C255D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C255D	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F375F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#313E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F2C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c255d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 37, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.112 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c638b',
    500: '#5c255d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c255d;
$custom-light: #8c638b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c255d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.929,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36692,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C255D

secondary

#4F904D

accent

#D35557

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050C

muted

#7D7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C255D

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