#5C3397#5C3397

#5C3397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.156 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C3397
RGB	rgb(92, 51, 151)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 66.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 40.15, -48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 62.74, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.0741 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.156 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1820, 6.8772, 30.0105)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.80

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C3397 #6E9733

analogous

#333C97 #5C3397 #8E3397

triadic

#5C3397 #975C33 #33975C

tetradic

#5C3397 #97333C #6E9733 #33978E

square

#5C3397 #97333C #6E9733 #33978E

split-complementary

#5C3397 #978E33 #3C9733

monochromatic

#24143C #402469 #5C3397 #7947C1 #9A74D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#5C3397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5C3397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C3397

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C3397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C3397	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c3397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 51, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.156 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6db6',
    500: '#5c3397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c3397;
$custom-light: #8f6db6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c3397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.6,
    "s": 49.505,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42714,
    "c": 0.15609,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C3397

secondary

#9AB86D

accent

#D94FA0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C3397

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

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