#5F178C#5F178C

#5F178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.178 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F178C
RGB	rgb(95, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.56, 50.67, -49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.56, 70.83, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(39.01% 0.1083 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(39.01% 0.178 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7583, 4.9393, 25.2452)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F178C #448C17

analogous

#25178C #5F178C #8C177F

triadic

#5F178C #8C5F17 #178C5F

tetradic

#5F178C #8C2517 #448C17 #177F8C

square

#5F178C #8C2517 #448C17 #177F8C

split-complementary

#5F178C #7F8C17 #178C25

monochromatic

#180623 #3B0E57 #5F178C #8320C1 #A13EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#5F178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5F178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F178C

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F178C	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)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.178 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#925fae',
    500: '#5f178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f178c;
$custom-light: #925fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39008,
    "c": 0.17763,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F178C

secondary

#71BF3F

accent

#EF397F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F178C

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

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