#5C178A#5C178A

#5C178A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.175 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C178A
RGB	rgb(92, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 83.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 49.72, -49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 70.01, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.1045 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.175 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3065, 4.7232, 24.4612)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C178A #458A17

analogous

#23178A #5C178A #8A177F

triadic

#5C178A #8A5C17 #178A5C

tetradic

#5C178A #8A2317 #458A17 #177F8A

square

#5C178A #8A2317 #458A17 #177F8A

split-complementary

#5C178A #7F8A17 #178A23

monochromatic

#160621 #390E56 #5C178A #7F20BE #9E3DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#5C178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5C178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C178A

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C178A	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.175 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5ead',
    500: '#5c178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c178a;
$custom-light: #8f5ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38421,
    "c": 0.17495,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C178A

secondary

#72BE3F

accent

#EE3A82

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C178A

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

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