#5C268D#5C268D

#5C268D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.162 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C268D
RGB	rgb(92, 38, 141)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 73%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.34, 44.24, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.34, 64.72, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.09 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.162 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9134, 5.5846, 25.7498)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C268D #578D26

analogous

#28268D #5C268D #8D268B

triadic

#5C268D #8D5C26 #268D5C

tetradic

#5C268D #8D2826 #578D26 #268B8D

square

#5C268D #8D2826 #578D26 #268B8D

split-complementary

#5C268D #8B8D26 #268D28

monochromatic

#1D0C2D #3D195D #5C268D #7B33BD #9A5BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#5C268D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5C268D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C268D

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C268D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C268D	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c268d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 38, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.162 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65af',
    500: '#5c268d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c268d;
$custom-light: #8f65af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c268d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.456,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40192,
    "c": 0.16177,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C268D

secondary

#85B857

accent

#E14790

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C268D

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

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