#5F178D#5F178D

#5F178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.179 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F178D
RGB	rgb(95, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.65, 50.90, -49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.65, 71.33, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% 0.108 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.179 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8324, 4.9689, 25.6353)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F178D #458D17

analogous

#24178D #5F178D #8D1780

triadic

#5F178D #8D5F17 #178D5F

tetradic

#5F178D #8D2417 #458D17 #17808D

square

#5F178D #8D2417 #458D17 #17808D

split-complementary

#5F178D #808D17 #178D24

monochromatic

#180624 #3C0E58 #5F178D #8220C2 #A13FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#5F178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5F178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F178D

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F178D	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.179 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#925faf',
    500: '#5f178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f178d;
$custom-light: #925faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.61,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39093,
    "c": 0.17859,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F178D

secondary

#72C040

accent

#EF3980

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F178D

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

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