#5E177B#5E177B

#5E177B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.161 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E177B
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(283, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.02, 46.75, -41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.02, 62.38, 318.53°)
OKLab	oklab(37.47% 0.1111 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(37.47% 0.161 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4970, 4.4228, 19.1411)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E177B #347B17

analogous

#2C177B #5E177B #7B1766

triadic

#5E177B #7B5E17 #177B5E

tetradic

#5E177B #7B2C17 #347B17 #17667B

square

#5E177B #7B2C17 #347B17 #17667B

split-complementary

#5E177B #667B17 #177B2C

monochromatic

#14051A #370D47 #5E177B #8521AF #A933D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#5E177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5E177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E177B

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E177B	1.00	11.14	1.88	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.161 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905ea2',
    500: '#5e177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e177b;
$custom-light: #905ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.6,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37468,
    "c": 0.16119,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E177B

secondary

#5FB03E

accent

#EB3C6F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E177B

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

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