#5B179D#5B179D

#5B179D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.193 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B179D
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 157)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 85.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.49, 53.99, -58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.49, 79.58, 312.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.0967 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.193 300)
XYZ	xyz(10.7050, 5.2711, 32.3452)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B179D #599D17

analogous

#18179D #5B179D #9D179C

triadic

#5B179D #9D5B17 #179D5B

tetradic

#5B179D #9D1817 #599D17 #179C9D

square

#5B179D #9D1817 #599D17 #179C9D

split-complementary

#5B179D #9C9D17 #179D18

monochromatic

#1D0732 #3C0F68 #5B179D #7A1FD2 #984AE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#5B179D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5B179D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B179D

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B179D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B179D	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b179d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.193 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fbb',
    500: '#5b179d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b179d;
$custom-light: #915fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b179d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.448,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39997,
    "c": 0.19325,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.05271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B179D

secondary

#87C64A

accent

#F13793

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B179D

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

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