#5B177F#5B177F

#5B177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.164 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B177F
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.86, 47.06, -44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.86, 64.52, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37.35% 0.106 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(37.35% 0.164 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4508, 4.3694, 20.4728)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.36

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B177F #3B7F17

analogous

#27177F #5B177F #7F176F

triadic

#5B177F #7F5B17 #177F5B

tetradic

#5B177F #7F2717 #3B7F17 #176F7F

square

#5B177F #7F2717 #3B7F17 #176F7F

split-complementary

#5B177F #6F7F17 #177F27

monochromatic

#13051A #360E4B #5B177F #8020B3 #A236DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#5B177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5B177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B177F

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B177F	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.164 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da5',
    500: '#5b177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b177f;
$custom-light: #8e5da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37353,
    "c": 0.16404,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B177F

secondary

#67B43E

accent

#EC3C79

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B177F

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

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