#5D178A#5D178A

#5D178A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.175 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D178A
RGB	rgb(93, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 83.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.08, 49.89, -49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.08, 69.95, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% 0.106 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.175 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4071, 4.7750, 24.4659)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.27

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D178A #448A17

analogous

#24178A #5D178A #8A177E

triadic

#5D178A #8A5D17 #178A5D

tetradic

#5D178A #8A2417 #448A17 #177E8A

square

#5D178A #8A2417 #448A17 #177E8A

split-complementary

#5D178A #7E8A17 #178A24

monochromatic

#160621 #3A0E56 #5D178A #8020BE #9F3DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#5D178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5D178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D178A

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D178A	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.175 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905ead',
    500: '#5d178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d178a;
$custom-light: #905ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38559,
    "c": 0.17521,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D178A

secondary

#71BE3F

accent

#EE3A80

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D178A

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

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