#5D178C#5D178C

#5D178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.177 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D178C
RGB	rgb(93, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 50.34, -50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 70.95, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.1054 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.177 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5532, 4.8335, 25.2355)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D178C #468C17

analogous

#22178C #5D178C #8C1781

triadic

#5D178C #8C5D17 #178C5D

tetradic

#5D178C #8C2217 #468C17 #17818C

square

#5D178C #8C2217 #468C17 #17818C

split-complementary

#5D178C #818C17 #178C22

monochromatic

#170623 #3A0E57 #5D178C #8020C1 #9F3EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#5D178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5D178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D178C

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D178C	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.177 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905eae',
    500: '#5d178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d178c;
$custom-light: #905eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.897,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38731,
    "c": 0.17714,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D178C

secondary

#73BF3F

accent

#EF3982

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D178C

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

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