#5F178A#5F178A

#5F178A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.176 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F178A
RGB	rgb(95, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 83.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.39, 50.23, -48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.39, 69.83, 315.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.84% 0.1089 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(38.84% 0.176 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6122, 4.8808, 24.4756)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F178A #428A17

analogous

#25178A #5F178A #8A177C

triadic

#5F178A #8A5F17 #178A5F

tetradic

#5F178A #8A2517 #428A17 #177C8A

square

#5F178A #8A2517 #428A17 #177C8A

split-complementary

#5F178A #7C8A17 #178A25

monochromatic

#170621 #3B0E56 #5F178A #8320BE #A23DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#5F178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5F178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F178A

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F178A	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.176 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fad',
    500: '#5f178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f178a;
$custom-light: #915fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.565,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38838,
    "c": 0.17573,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F178A

secondary

#6EBE3F

accent

#EE3A7D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F178A

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

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