#5D179F#5D179F

#5D179F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.196 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D179F
RGB	rgb(93, 23, 159)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 85.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.96, 54.74, -58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.96, 80.41, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.0991 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.196 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0770, 5.4430, 33.2612)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D179F #599F17

analogous

#19179F #5D179F #9F179D

triadic

#5D179F #9F5D17 #179F5D

tetradic

#5D179F #9F1917 #599F17 #179D9F

square

#5D179F #9F1917 #599F17 #179D9F

split-complementary

#5D179F #9D9F17 #179F19

monochromatic

#1E0834 #3E0F6A #5D179F #7C1FD4 #9A4BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#5D179F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5D179F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D179F

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D179F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D179F	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d179f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 23, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.196 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9260bc',
    500: '#5d179f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d179f;
$custom-light: #9260bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d179f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.882,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40436,
    "c": 0.1955,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D179F

secondary

#87C74B

accent

#F13691

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D179F

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

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