#5C3198#5C3198

#5C3198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.160 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C3198
RGB	rgb(92, 49, 152)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 67.8%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.20, 41.50, -49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.20, 64.48, 310.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.0763 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.16 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1780, 6.7388, 30.4115)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.77

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C3198 #6D9831

analogous

#313998 #5C3198 #903198

triadic

#5C3198 #985C31 #31985C

tetradic

#5C3198 #983139 #6D9831 #319890

square

#5C3198 #983139 #6D9831 #319890

split-complementary

#5C3198 #989031 #399831

monochromatic

#24133B #40226A #5C3198 #7944C3 #9A72D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#5C3198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5C3198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C3198

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C3198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C3198	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c3198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 49, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.160 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6cb7',
    500: '#5c3198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c3198;
$custom-light: #8f6cb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c3198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.049,
    "s": 51.244,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42507,
    "c": 0.16004,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C3198

secondary

#99B96B

accent

#DB4DA0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C3198

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

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