#5C177F#5C177F

#5C177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.164 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C177F
RGB	rgb(92, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.02, 47.24, -43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.02, 64.47, 317.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.5% 0.1074 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(37.5% 0.164 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5501, 4.4206, 20.4774)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.52

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C177F #3A7F17

analogous

#28177F #5C177F #7F176E

triadic

#5C177F #7F5C17 #177F5C

tetradic

#5C177F #7F2817 #3A7F17 #176E7F

square

#5C177F #7F2817 #3A7F17 #176E7F

split-complementary

#5C177F #6E7F17 #177F28

monochromatic

#13051A #360E4B #5C177F #8220B3 #A336DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#5C177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5C177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C177F

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C177F	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.164 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da5',
    500: '#5c177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c177f;
$custom-light: #8e5da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.808,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37497,
    "c": 0.16436,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C177F

secondary

#66B43E

accent

#EC3C77

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C177F

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

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