#5F178B#5F178B

#5F178B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.177 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F178B
RGB	rgb(95, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 83.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.48, 50.45, -49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.48, 70.33, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% 0.1086 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.177 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6849, 4.9099, 24.8586)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F178B #438B17

analogous

#25178B #5F178B #8B177D

triadic

#5F178B #8B5F17 #178B5F

tetradic

#5F178B #8B2517 #438B17 #177D8B

square

#5F178B #8B2517 #438B17 #177D8B

split-complementary

#5F178B #7D8B17 #178B25

monochromatic

#170622 #3B0E56 #5F178B #8320C0 #A23DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#5F178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5F178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F178B

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F178B	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.177 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fae',
    500: '#5f178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f178b;
$custom-light: #915fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38922,
    "c": 0.17668,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F178B

secondary

#70BF3F

accent

#EE397E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F178B

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

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