#5C178C#5C178C

#5C178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.177 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C178C
RGB	rgb(92, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 50.17, -50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 71.01, 314.96°)
OKLab	oklab(38.59% 0.1039 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(38.59% 0.177 306)
XYZ	xyz(9.4526, 4.7816, 25.2308)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C178C #478C17

analogous

#22178C #5C178C #8C1782

triadic

#5C178C #8C5C17 #178C5C

tetradic

#5C178C #8C2217 #478C17 #17828C

square

#5C178C #8C2217 #478C17 #17828C

split-complementary

#5C178C #828C17 #178C22

monochromatic

#170623 #390E57 #5C178C #7F20C1 #9D3EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#5C178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5C178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C178C

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C178C	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.177 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905eae',
    500: '#5c178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c178c;
$custom-light: #905eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38594,
    "c": 0.17689,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.04782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C178C

secondary

#74BF3F

accent

#EF3984

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C178C

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

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