#5D178E#5D178E

#5D178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.179 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D178E
RGB	rgb(93, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 50.80, -50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 71.95, 314.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% 0.1048 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.179 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7020, 4.8930, 26.0193)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D178E #488E17

analogous

#21178E #5D178E #8E1784

triadic

#5D178E #8E5D17 #178E5D

tetradic

#5D178E #8E2117 #488E17 #17848E

square

#5D178E #8E2117 #488E17 #17848E

split-complementary

#5D178E #848E17 #178E21

monochromatic

#180625 #3B0E59 #5D178E #7F20C3 #9E3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#5D178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5D178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D178E

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D178E	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.179 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905fb0',
    500: '#5d178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d178e;
$custom-light: #905fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38905,
    "c": 0.17906,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D178E

secondary

#75C040

accent

#EF3984

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D178E

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

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