#5C2597#5C2597

#5C2597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.174 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C2597
RGB	rgb(92, 37, 151)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 75.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.99, 47.22, -52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.99, 70.49, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.089 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.174 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6597, 5.8327, 29.8364)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C2597 #609725

analogous

#252797 #5C2597 #952597

triadic

#5C2597 #975C25 #25975C

tetradic

#5C2597 #972527 #609725 #259795

square

#5C2597 #972527 #609725 #259795

split-complementary

#5C2597 #979525 #279725

monochromatic

#200D35 #3E1966 #5C2597 #7A31C8 #995FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#5C2597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5C2597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C2597

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C2597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C2597	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)

#00449A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c2597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 37, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.174 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b6',
    500: '#5c2597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c2597;
$custom-light: #9065b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c2597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.947,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40903,
    "c": 0.1739,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C2597

secondary

#8EBD5B

accent

#E44497

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C2597

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

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