#5C179E#5C179E

#5C179E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.194 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C179E
RGB	rgb(92, 23, 158)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 85.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.73, 54.37, -58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.73, 79.99, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.22% 0.0979 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(40.22% 0.194 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8900, 5.3566, 32.8013)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C179E #599E17

analogous

#19179E #5C179E #9E179C

triadic

#5C179E #9E5C17 #179E5C

tetradic

#5C179E #9E1917 #599E17 #179C9E

square

#5C179E #9E1917 #599E17 #179C9E

split-complementary

#5C179E #9C9E17 #179E19

monochromatic

#1E0733 #3D0F69 #5C179E #7B1FD3 #994BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#5C179E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5C179E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C179E

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C179E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C179E	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c179e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 23, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.194 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fbc',
    500: '#5c179e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c179e;
$custom-light: #915fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c179e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.667,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40216,
    "c": 0.19438,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C179E

secondary

#87C64A

accent

#F13792

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C179E

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

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