#5C178D#5C178D

#5C178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.178 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C178D
RGB	rgb(92, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 50.40, -50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 71.51, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% 0.1036 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.178 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5267, 4.8113, 25.6209)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C178D #488D17

analogous

#21178D #5C178D #8D1783

triadic

#5C178D #8D5C17 #178D5C

tetradic

#5C178D #8D2117 #488D17 #17838D

square

#5C178D #8D2117 #488D17 #17838D

split-complementary

#5C178D #838D17 #178D21

monochromatic

#170624 #3A0E58 #5C178D #7E20C2 #9D3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#5C178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5C178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C178D

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C178D	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.178 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905eaf',
    500: '#5c178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c178d;
$custom-light: #905eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.085,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38682,
    "c": 0.17786,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C178D

secondary

#75C040

accent

#EF3985

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C178D

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

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