#5E178A#5E178A

#5E178A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.175 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E178A
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 83.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.24, 50.05, -48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.24, 69.89, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.1074 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.175 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5090, 4.8276, 24.4707)
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

#5E178A #438A17

analogous

#24178A #5E178A #8A177D

triadic

#5E178A #8A5E17 #178A5E

tetradic

#5E178A #8A2417 #438A17 #177D8A

square

#5E178A #8A2417 #438A17 #177D8A

split-complementary

#5E178A #7D8A17 #178A24

monochromatic

#170621 #3A0E56 #5E178A #8220BE #A13DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#5E178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5E178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E178A

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E178A	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)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.175 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915ead',
    500: '#5e178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e178a;
$custom-light: #915ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.043,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38698,
    "c": 0.17546,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E178A

secondary

#70BE3F

accent

#EE3A7F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E178A

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

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