#5E178C#5E178C

#5E178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.177 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E178C
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.41, 50.51, -49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.41, 70.89, 315.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% 0.1068 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.177 307)
XYZ	xyz(9.6551, 4.8860, 25.2403)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E178C #458C17

analogous

#23178C #5E178C #8C1780

triadic

#5E178C #8C5E17 #178C5E

tetradic

#5E178C #8C2317 #458C17 #17808C

square

#5E178C #8C2317 #458C17 #17808C

split-complementary

#5E178C #808C17 #178C23

monochromatic

#170623 #3B0E57 #5E178C #8120C1 #A03EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#5E178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5E178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E178C

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E178C	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.177 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fae',
    500: '#5e178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e178c;
$custom-light: #915fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.41,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38869,
    "c": 0.17738,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.04886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E178C

secondary

#72BF3F

accent

#EF3981

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E178C

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

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