#5A177F#5A177F

#5A177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.164 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A177F
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 46.87, -44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 64.56, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.1045 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.164 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3528, 4.3189, 20.4682)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.19

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A177F #3C7F17

analogous

#26177F #5A177F #7F1770

triadic

#5A177F #7F5A17 #177F5A

tetradic

#5A177F #7F2617 #3C7F17 #17707F

square

#5A177F #7F2617 #3C7F17 #17707F

split-complementary

#5A177F #707F17 #177F26

monochromatic

#12051A #350E4B #5A177F #7F20B3 #A036DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#5A177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5A177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A177F

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A177F	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.164 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da5',
    500: '#5a177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a177f;
$custom-light: #8d5da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.654,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3721,
    "c": 0.16375,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A177F

secondary

#68B43E

accent

#EC3C7A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A177F

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