#5C2599#5C2599

#5C2599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.176 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C2599
RGB	rgb(92, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 47.72, -53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 71.54, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(41.07% 0.0885 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(41.07% 0.176 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8235, 5.8983, 30.6991)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C2599 #629925

analogous

#252899 #5C2599 #962599

triadic

#5C2599 #995C25 #25995C

tetradic

#5C2599 #992528 #629925 #259996

square

#5C2599 #992528 #629925 #259996

split-complementary

#5C2599 #999625 #289925

monochromatic

#210D36 #3E1968 #5C2599 #7A31CA #9960D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#5C2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5C2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C2599

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C2599	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.176 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b8',
    500: '#5c2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c2599;
$custom-light: #9065b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.448,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41073,
    "c": 0.17607,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C2599

secondary

#8FBE5C

accent

#E44498

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C2599

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

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