#5C279B#5C279B

#5C279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.176 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C279B
RGB	rgb(92, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.65, 47.31, -53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.65, 71.58, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% 0.0862 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.176 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0541, 6.0928, 31.5976)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C279B #669B27

analogous

#272C9B #5C279B #96279B

triadic

#5C279B #9B5C27 #279B5C

tetradic

#5C279B #9B272C #669B27 #279B96

square

#5C279B #9B272C #669B27 #279B96

split-complementary

#5C279B #9B9627 #2C9B27

monochromatic

#220E39 #3F1B6A #5C279B #7933CC #9964D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#5C279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5C279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C279B

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C279B	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.176 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9066b9',
    500: '#5c279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c279b;
$custom-light: #9066b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.414,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41472,
    "c": 0.17599,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C279B

secondary

#93BE60

accent

#E3459B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C279B

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

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