#5B179E#5B179E

#5B179E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.194 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B179E
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 158)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 85.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.59, 54.23, -58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.59, 80.07, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0964 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.194 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7908, 5.3054, 32.7967)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B179E #5A9E17

analogous

#17179E #5B179E #9E179D

triadic

#5B179E #9E5B17 #179E5B

tetradic

#5B179E #9E1717 #5A9E17 #179D9E

square

#5B179E #9E1717 #5A9E17 #179D9E

split-complementary

#5B179E #9D9E17 #179E17

monochromatic

#1D0733 #3C0F69 #5B179E #7A1FD3 #984BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#5B179E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5B179E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B179E

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B179E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B179E	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b179e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.194 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fbc',
    500: '#5b179e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b179e;
$custom-light: #915fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b179e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4009,
    "c": 0.19423,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B179E

secondary

#88C64A

accent

#F13793

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B179E

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

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