#5E178D#5E178D

#5E178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.178 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E178D
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.49, 50.73, -50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.49, 71.39, 315.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% 0.1065 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.178 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7292, 4.9157, 25.6304)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E178D #468D17

analogous

#23178D #5E178D #8D1781

triadic

#5E178D #8D5E17 #178D5E

tetradic

#5E178D #8D2317 #468D17 #17818D

square

#5E178D #8D2317 #468D17 #17818D

split-complementary

#5E178D #818D17 #178D23

monochromatic

#180624 #3B0E58 #5E178D #8120C2 #A03FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#5E178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5E178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E178D

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E178D	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.178 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915faf',
    500: '#5e178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e178d;
$custom-light: #915faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.102,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38955,
    "c": 0.17834,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E178D

secondary

#73C040

accent

#EF3981

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E178D

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

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