#5C178E#5C178E

#5C178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.179 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C178E
RGB	rgb(92, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.28, 50.63, -51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.28, 72.02, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% 0.1033 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.179 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6014, 4.8412, 26.0146)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C178E #498E17

analogous

#21178E #5C178E #8E1784

triadic

#5C178E #8E5C17 #178E5C

tetradic

#5C178E #8E2117 #498E17 #17848E

square

#5C178E #8E2117 #498E17 #17848E

split-complementary

#5C178E #848E17 #178E21

monochromatic

#180625 #3A0E59 #5C178E #7E20C3 #9D3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#5C178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5C178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C178E

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C178E	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.179 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905eb0',
    500: '#5c178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c178e;
$custom-light: #905eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.79,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38769,
    "c": 0.17883,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C178E

secondary

#76C040

accent

#EF3985

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C178E

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

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