#5C178F#5C178F

#5C178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.180 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C178F
RGB	rgb(92, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.36, 50.86, -51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.36, 72.52, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% 0.103 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.18 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6768, 4.8713, 26.4117)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C178F #4A8F17

analogous

#20178F #5C178F #8F1786

triadic

#5C178F #8F5C17 #178F5C

tetradic

#5C178F #8F2017 #4A8F17 #17868F

square

#5C178F #8F2017 #4A8F17 #17868F

split-complementary

#5C178F #868F17 #178F20

monochromatic

#180626 #3A0F5A #5C178F #7E1FC4 #9C40E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#5C178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5C178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C178F

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C178F	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.180 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905eb1',
    500: '#5c178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c178f;
$custom-light: #905eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38857,
    "c": 0.1798,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C178F

secondary

#77C141

accent

#EF3986

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C178F

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

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