#54178A#54178A

#54178A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.173 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#54178A
RGB	rgb(84, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 83.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.74, 48.41, -51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.74, 70.52, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.35% 0.0924 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(37.35% 0.173 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5489, 4.3326, 24.4257)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.19

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#54178A #4D8A17

analogous

#1A178A #54178A #8A1787

triadic

#54178A #8A5417 #178A54

tetradic

#54178A #8A1A17 #4D8A17 #17878A

square

#54178A #8A1A17 #4D8A17 #17878A

split-complementary

#54178A #878A17 #178A1A

monochromatic

#140621 #340E56 #54178A #7420BE #933DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#54178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#54178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #54178A

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##54178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##54178A	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #54178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.173 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5dad',
    500: '#54178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #54178a;
$custom-light: #8a5dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#54178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.826,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37345,
    "c": 0.17321,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#54178A

secondary

#7BBE3F

accent

#EE3A8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #54178A

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

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