#54178E#54178E

#54178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.177 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#54178E
RGB	rgb(84, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 49.38, -53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 72.56, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.0911 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.177 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8438, 4.4505, 25.9790)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#54178E #518E17

analogous

#18178E #54178E #8E178D

triadic

#54178E #8E5417 #178E54

tetradic

#54178E #8E1817 #518E17 #178D8E

square

#54178E #8E1817 #518E17 #178D8E

split-complementary

#54178E #8D8E17 #178E18

monochromatic

#160625 #350E59 #54178E #7320C3 #923FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#54178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#54178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #54178E

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##54178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##54178E	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #54178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.177 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5db0',
    500: '#54178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #54178e;
$custom-light: #8b5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#54178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.756,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37712,
    "c": 0.17725,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#54178E

secondary

#7FC040

accent

#EF3992

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #54178E

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

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