#5A178C#5A178C

#5A178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.176 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A178C
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.80, 49.85, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.80, 71.14, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.1009 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.176 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2554, 4.6800, 25.2216)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A178C #498C17

analogous

#20178C #5A178C #8C1784

triadic

#5A178C #8C5A17 #178C5A

tetradic

#5A178C #8C2017 #498C17 #17848C

square

#5A178C #8C2017 #498C17 #17848C

split-complementary

#5A178C #848C17 #178C20

monochromatic

#160623 #380E57 #5A178C #7C20C1 #9A3EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#5A178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5A178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A178C

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A178C	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.176 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eaf',
    500: '#5a178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a178c;
$custom-light: #8e5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.359,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38323,
    "c": 0.17643,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A178C

secondary

#76BF3F

accent

#EF3987

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A178C

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

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