#5C177E#5C177E

#5C177E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.163 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C177E
RGB	rgb(92, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.94, 47.02, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.94, 63.97, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.1076 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.163 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4852, 4.3947, 20.1359)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C177E #397E17

analogous

#28177E #5C177E #7E176D

triadic

#5C177E #7E5C17 #177E5C

tetradic

#5C177E #7E2817 #397E17 #176D7E

square

#5C177E #7E2817 #397E17 #176D7E

split-complementary

#5C177E #6D7E17 #177E28

monochromatic

#13051A #360E4A #5C177E #8220B2 #A435DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#5C177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5C177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C177E

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C177E	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.163 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da4',
    500: '#5c177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c177e;
$custom-light: #8e5da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.194,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37415,
    "c": 0.16339,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C177E

secondary

#65B33E

accent

#EC3C76

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C177E

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

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