#5A177A#5A177A

#5A177A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.159 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A177A
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 45.75, -41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 62.03, 317.53°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.1057 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.159 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0350, 4.1918, 18.7944)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A177A #377A17

analogous

#28177A #5A177A #7A1768

triadic

#5A177A #7A5A17 #177A5A

tetradic

#5A177A #7A2817 #377A17 #17687A

square

#5A177A #7A2817 #377A17 #17687A

split-complementary

#5A177A #687A17 #177A28

monochromatic

#13051A #340D47 #5A177A #8021AD #A333D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#5A177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5A177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A177A

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A177A	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.159 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da1',
    500: '#5a177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a177a;
$custom-light: #8d5da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.606,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36801,
    "c": 0.1589,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A177A

secondary

#62AF3E

accent

#EB3D75

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A177A

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

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