#5A177D#5A177D

#5A177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.162 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A177D
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.54, 46.42, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.54, 63.55, 316.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.105 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.162 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2238, 4.2673, 19.7885)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A177D #3A7D17

analogous

#27177D #5A177D #7D176D

triadic

#5A177D #7D5A17 #177D5A

tetradic

#5A177D #7D2717 #3A7D17 #176D7D

square

#5A177D #7D2717 #3A7D17 #176D7D

split-complementary

#5A177D #6D7D17 #177D27

monochromatic

#13051A #350D49 #5A177D #7F21B1 #A135DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#5A177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5A177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A177D

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A177D	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.162 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da3',
    500: '#5a177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a177d;
$custom-light: #8d5da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.412,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37045,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A177D

secondary

#66B23E

accent

#EC3C78

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A177D

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

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