#5A177E#5A177E

#5A177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.163 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A177E
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 46.65, -43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 64.05, 316.74°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.1048 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.163 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2880, 4.2930, 20.1266)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A177E #3B7E17

analogous

#26177E #5A177E #7E176F

triadic

#5A177E #7E5A17 #177E5A

tetradic

#5A177E #7E2617 #3B7E17 #176F7E

square

#5A177E #7E2617 #3B7E17 #176F7E

split-complementary

#5A177E #6F7E17 #177E26

monochromatic

#12051A #350E4A #5A177E #7F20B2 #A135DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#5A177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5A177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A177E

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A177E	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.163 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da4',
    500: '#5a177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a177e;
$custom-light: #8d5da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.029,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37127,
    "c": 0.16277,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A177E

secondary

#67B33E

accent

#EC3C79

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A177E

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