#5B179F#5B179F

#5B179F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.195 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B179F
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 159)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 85.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.68, 54.47, -59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.68, 80.57, 312.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.096 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.195 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8772, 5.3400, 33.2518)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B179F #5B9F17

analogous

#17179F #5B179F #9F179F

triadic

#5B179F #9F5B17 #179F5B

tetradic

#5B179F #9F1717 #5B9F17 #179F9F

square

#5B179F #9F1717 #5B9F17 #179F9F

split-complementary

#5B179F #9F9F17 #179F17

monochromatic

#1E0834 #3C0F6A #5B179F #7A1FD4 #984BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#5B179F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5B179F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B179F

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B179F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B179F	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b179f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.195 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fbc',
    500: '#5b179f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b179f;
$custom-light: #915fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b179f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40184,
    "c": 0.19521,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B179F

secondary

#89C74B

accent

#F13694

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B179F

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

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