#5E178F#5E178F

#5E178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.180 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E178F
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.67, 51.19, -51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.67, 72.39, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.1059 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.18 306)
XYZ	xyz(9.8793, 4.9757, 26.4212)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E178F #488F17

analogous

#22178F #5E178F #8F1784

triadic

#5E178F #8F5E17 #178F5E

tetradic

#5E178F #8F2217 #488F17 #17848F

square

#5E178F #8F2217 #488F17 #17848F

split-complementary

#5E178F #848F17 #178F22

monochromatic

#190626 #3B0F5A #5E178F #811FC4 #9F40E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#5E178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5E178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E178F

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E178F	1.00	10.53	2.00	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.180 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fb1',
    500: '#5e178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e178f;
$custom-light: #915fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39128,
    "c": 0.18026,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.04976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E178F

secondary

#75C141

accent

#EF3983

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E178F

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

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