#5E177E#5E177E

#5E177E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.164 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E177E
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.26, 47.40, -42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.26, 63.88, 317.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.1104 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.164 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6877, 4.4991, 20.1454)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E177E #377E17

analogous

#2A177E #5E177E #7E176B

triadic

#5E177E #7E5E17 #177E5E

tetradic

#5E177E #7E2A17 #377E17 #176B7E

square

#5E177E #7E2A17 #377E17 #176B7E

split-complementary

#5E177E #6B7E17 #177E2A

monochromatic

#13051A #370E4A #5E177E #8520B2 #A735DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#5E177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5E177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E177E

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E177E	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.164 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905ea4',
    500: '#5e177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e177e;
$custom-light: #905ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.359,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37706,
    "c": 0.16403,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E177E

secondary

#62B33E

accent

#EC3C73

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E177E

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

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