#5E179E#5E179E

#5E179E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.195 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E179E
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 158)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 85.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.01, 54.65, -58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.01, 79.84, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.47% 0.101 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(40.47% 0.195 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0925, 5.4610, 32.8108)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E179E #579E17

analogous

#1B179E #5E179E #9E179A

triadic

#5E179E #9E5E17 #179E5E

tetradic

#5E179E #9E1B17 #579E17 #179A9E

square

#5E179E #9E1B17 #579E17 #179A9E

split-complementary

#5E179E #9A9E17 #179E1B

monochromatic

#1E0733 #3E0F69 #5E179E #7E1FD3 #9C4BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#5E179E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5E179E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E179E

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E179E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E179E	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e179e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.195 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9360bc',
    500: '#5e179e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e179e;
$custom-light: #9360bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e179e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.556,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40471,
    "c": 0.19469,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E179E

secondary

#85C64A

accent

#F1378F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E179E

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

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