#5E178E#5E178E

#5E178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.179 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E178E
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.58, 50.96, -50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.58, 71.89, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% 0.1062 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.179 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8039, 4.9456, 26.0241)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E178E #478E17

analogous

#22178E #5E178E #8E1783

triadic

#5E178E #8E5E17 #178E5E

tetradic

#5E178E #8E2217 #478E17 #17838E

square

#5E178E #8E2217 #478E17 #17838E

split-complementary

#5E178E #838E17 #178E22

monochromatic

#180625 #3B0E59 #5E178E #8120C3 #9F3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#5E178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5E178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E178E

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E178E	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.179 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fb0',
    500: '#5e178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e178e;
$custom-light: #915fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.798,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39041,
    "c": 0.1793,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E178E

secondary

#74C040

accent

#EF3982

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E178E

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

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