#5C178B#5C178B

#5C178B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.176 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C178B
RGB	rgb(92, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 83.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 49.95, -49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 70.51, 315.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.51% 0.1042 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(38.51% 0.176 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3792, 4.7523, 24.8443)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.13

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C178B #468B17

analogous

#22178B #5C178B #8B1780

triadic

#5C178B #8B5C17 #178B5C

tetradic

#5C178B #8B2217 #468B17 #17808B

square

#5C178B #8B2217 #468B17 #17808B

split-complementary

#5C178B #808B17 #178B22

monochromatic

#160622 #390E56 #5C178B #7F20C0 #9E3DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#5C178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5C178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C178B

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C178B	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.176 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5eae',
    500: '#5c178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c178b;
$custom-light: #8f5eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.69,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38508,
    "c": 0.17592,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C178B

secondary

#73BF3F

accent

#EE3983

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C178B

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

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