#5C497E#5C497E

#5C497E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.087 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C497E
RGB	rgb(92, 73, 126)
HSL	hsl(262, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 42%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 42.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 20.13, -27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 33.79, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% 0.0427 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.087 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5612, 8.5467, 20.8279)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C497E #6B7E49

analogous

#49517E #5C497E #77497E

triadic

#5C497E #7E5C49 #497E5C

tetradic

#5C497E #7E4951 #6B7E49 #497E77

square

#5C497E #7E4951 #6B7E49 #497E77

split-complementary

#5C497E #7E7749 #517E49

monochromatic

#231C31 #403357 #5C497E #7961A3 #9A88BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#5C497E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#5C497E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C497E

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C497E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C497E	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B5280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F527D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56525D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c497e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 73, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.087 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7ca3',
    500: '#5c497e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c497e;
$custom-light: #8b7ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c497e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.509,
    "s": 26.633,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44854,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C497E

secondary

#97A67D

accent

#C365A1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C090F

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C497E

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

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