#5F178F#5F178F

#5F178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.180 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F178F
RGB	rgb(95, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.82, 51.35, -50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.82, 72.32, 315.23°)
OKLab	oklab(39.27% 0.1074 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(39.27% 0.181 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9825, 5.0290, 26.4261)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F178F #478F17

analogous

#23178F #5F178F #8F1783

triadic

#5F178F #8F5F17 #178F5F

tetradic

#5F178F #8F2317 #478F17 #17838F

square

#5F178F #8F2317 #478F17 #17838F

split-complementary

#5F178F #838F17 #178F23

monochromatic

#190626 #3C0F5A #5F178F #821FC4 #A040E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#5F178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5F178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F178F

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F178F	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.180 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#925fb1',
    500: '#5f178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f178f;
$custom-light: #925fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39265,
    "c": 0.1805,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F178F

secondary

#74C141

accent

#EF3982

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F178F

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

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