#5A176F#5A176F

#5A176F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.148 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A176F
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 111)
HSL	hsl(286, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(286, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 79.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.45, 43.36, -36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.45, 56.48, 320.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.94% 0.1077 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(35.94% 0.148 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3917, 3.9345, 15.4059)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A176F #2C6F17

analogous

#2E176F #5A176F #6F1758

triadic

#5A176F #6F5A17 #176F5A

tetradic

#5A176F #6F2E17 #2C6F17 #17586F

square

#5A176F #6F2E17 #2C6F17 #17586F

split-complementary

#5A176F #586F17 #176F2E

monochromatic

#150519 #310C3C #5A176F #8322A2 #AC2DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#5A176F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5A176F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A176F

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A176F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A176F	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a176f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.148 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5c99',
    500: '#5a176f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a176f;
$custom-light: #8c5c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a176f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.682,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35941,
    "c": 0.14831,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A176F

secondary

#56A53D

accent

#E93F68

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A176F

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

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