#5E178B#5E178B

#5E178B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.176 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E178B
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 83.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, 50.28, -49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 70.39, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.78% 0.1071 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(38.78% 0.176 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5817, 4.8567, 24.8538)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E178B #448B17

analogous

#24178B #5E178B #8B177E

triadic

#5E178B #8B5E17 #178B5E

tetradic

#5E178B #8B2417 #448B17 #177E8B

square

#5E178B #8B2417 #448B17 #177E8B

split-complementary

#5E178B #7E8B17 #178B24

monochromatic

#170622 #3A0E56 #5E178B #8220C0 #A03DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#5E178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5E178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E178B

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E178B	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.176 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915eae',
    500: '#5e178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e178b;
$custom-light: #915eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.724,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38783,
    "c": 0.17642,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E178B

secondary

#71BF3F

accent

#EE3980

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E178B

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

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