#5C277D#5C277D

#5C277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.143 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C277D
RGB	rgb(92, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(277, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.32, 39.83, -38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.32, 55.66, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.0911 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.143 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8401, 5.2072, 19.9375)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.34

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C277D #487D27

analogous

#31277D #5C277D #7D2773

triadic

#5C277D #7D5C27 #277D5C

tetradic

#5C277D #7D3127 #487D27 #27737D

square

#5C277D #7D3127 #487D27 #27737D

split-complementary

#5C277D #737D27 #277D31

monochromatic

#170A20 #3A184E #5C277D #7E36AC #9D55CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#5C277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5C277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C277D

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C277D	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19417B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.143 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d65a3',
    500: '#5c277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c277d;
$custom-light: #8d65a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.977,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39082,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C277D

secondary

#75AF51

accent

#DC4C83

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C277D

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

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