#5C398E#5C398E

#5C398E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.136 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C398E
RGB	rgb(92, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 59.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 34.29, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 53.98, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.0673 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.136 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7581, 7.1545, 26.4001)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C398E #6B8E39

analogous

#39418E #5C398E #87398E

triadic

#5C398E #8E5C39 #398E5C

tetradic

#5C398E #8E3941 #6B8E39 #398E87

square

#5C398E #8E3941 #6B8E39 #398E87

split-complementary

#5C398E #8E8739 #418E39

monochromatic

#231637 #402762 #5C398E #794DB7 #9A78C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#5C398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#5C398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C398E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C398E	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D4B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.136 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71b0',
    500: '#5c398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c398e;
$custom-light: #8e71b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42969,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C398E

secondary

#97B271

accent

#D2559F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0D0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C398E

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

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