#5F178E#5F178E

#5F178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.180 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F178E
RGB	rgb(95, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 51.12, -50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 71.83, 315.38°)
OKLab	oklab(39.18% 0.1077 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(39.18% 0.18 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9071, 4.9988, 26.0289)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F178E #468E17

analogous

#24178E #5F178E #8E1781

triadic

#5F178E #8E5F17 #178E5F

tetradic

#5F178E #8E2417 #468E17 #17818E

square

#5F178E #8E2417 #468E17 #17818E

split-complementary

#5F178E #818E17 #178E24

monochromatic

#190625 #3C0E59 #5F178E #8220C3 #A13FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#5F178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5F178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F178E

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F178E	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.180 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#925fb0',
    500: '#5f178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f178e;
$custom-light: #925fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.303,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39179,
    "c": 0.17955,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F178E

secondary

#73C040

accent

#EF3981

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F178E

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

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