#5C2591#5C2591

#5C2591 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.167 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C2591
RGB	rgb(92, 37, 145)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 74.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 45.71, -49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 67.34, 312.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% 0.0903 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.167 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1848, 5.6428, 27.3352)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C2591 #5A9125

analogous

#262591 #5C2591 #912590

triadic

#5C2591 #915C25 #25915C

tetradic

#5C2591 #912625 #5A9125 #259091

square

#5C2591 #912625 #5A9125 #259091

split-complementary

#5C2591 #909125 #259126

monochromatic

#1E0C2F #3D1960 #5C2591 #7B31C2 #995BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#5C2591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5C2591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C2591

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C2591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C2591	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c2591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 37, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.167 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65b2',
    500: '#5c2591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c2591;
$custom-light: #8f65b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c2591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.556,
    "s": 59.341,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.404,
    "c": 0.16737,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C2591

secondary

#88BA58

accent

#E34592

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C2591

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

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