#5A177B#5A177B

#5A177B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.160 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A177B
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 45.98, -42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 62.53, 317.32°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.1055 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.16 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0973, 4.2167, 19.1224)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A177B #387B17

analogous

#28177B #5A177B #7B176A

triadic

#5A177B #7B5A17 #177B5A

tetradic

#5A177B #7B2817 #387B17 #176A7B

square

#5A177B #7B2817 #387B17 #176A7B

split-complementary

#5A177B #6A7B17 #177B28

monochromatic

#13051A #340D47 #5A177B #8021AF #A233D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#5A177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5A177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A177B

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A177B	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.160 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da2',
    500: '#5a177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a177b;
$custom-light: #8d5da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.2,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36882,
    "c": 0.15987,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A177B

secondary

#64B03E

accent

#EB3C76

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A177B

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

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