#5D178B#5D178B

#5D178B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.176 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D178B
RGB	rgb(93, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 83.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 50.11, -49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 70.45, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% 0.1057 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.176 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4798, 4.8041, 24.8490)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D178B #458B17

analogous

#23178B #5D178B #8B177F

triadic

#5D178B #8B5D17 #178B5D

tetradic

#5D178B #8B2317 #458B17 #177F8B

square

#5D178B #8B2317 #458B17 #177F8B

split-complementary

#5D178B #7F8B17 #178B23

monochromatic

#170622 #3A0E56 #5D178B #8020C0 #9F3DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#5D178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5D178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D178B

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D178B	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.176 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905eae',
    500: '#5d178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d178b;
$custom-light: #905eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.207,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38645,
    "c": 0.17617,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D178B

secondary

#72BF3F

accent

#EE3981

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D178B

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

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