#5517A0#5517A0

#5517A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.196 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5517A0
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(267, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(267, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.97, 53.92, -61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.97, 81.55, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.55% 0.0862 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(39.55% 0.196 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.3962, 5.0819, 33.6840)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5517A0 #62A017

analogous

#171EA0 #5517A0 #9917A0

triadic

#5517A0 #A05517 #17A055

tetradic

#5517A0 #A0171E #62A017 #17A099

square

#5517A0 #A0171E #62A017 #17A099

split-complementary

#5517A0 #A09917 #1EA017

monochromatic

#1C0835 #390F6A #5517A0 #711FD6 #914CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#5517A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5517A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5517A0

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5517A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5517A0	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5517a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.196 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5fbd',
    500: '#5517a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5517a0;
$custom-light: #8d5fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5517a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.153,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39546,
    "c": 0.19552,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5517A0

secondary

#8FC74C

accent

#F1369D

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5517A0

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

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