#5A176D#5A176D

#5A176D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.146 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A176D
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 42.94, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 55.48, 320.71°)
OKLab	oklab(35.79% 0.108 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(35.79% 0.146 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2828, 3.8909, 14.8324)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A176D #2A6D17

analogous

#2F176D #5A176D #6D1755

triadic

#5A176D #6D5A17 #176D5A

tetradic

#5A176D #6D2F17 #2A6D17 #17556D

square

#5A176D #6D2F17 #2A6D17 #17556D

split-complementary

#5A176D #556D17 #176D2F

monochromatic

#150519 #300C3A #5A176D #8422A0 #AD2CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#5A176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5A176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A176D

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A176D	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.146 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5c97',
    500: '#5a176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a176d;
$custom-light: #8c5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.744,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35791,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A176D

secondary

#53A33D

accent

#E84065

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A176D

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

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