#5c178a

Color #5c178a

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 7.06 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 0.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5c178a

RGB

rgb(92, 23, 138)

HSL

hsl(276, 71.4%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 83.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 83.3%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(25.93, 49.72, -49.29)

LCH

lch(25.93, 70.01, 315.25)

OKLCH

oklch(38.4%, 0.1749, 306.68)

HWB

hwb(276, 9%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#458a17

Analogous

#23178a

#5c178a

#8a177f

Triadic

#5c178a

#8a5c17

#178a5c

Split-complementary

#5c178a

#7f8a17

#178a23

Tetradic

#5c178a

#8a1745

#458a17

#178a5c

Square

#5c178a

#8a2317

#458a17

#177f8a

Shades

Color #5c178a mixed toward black.

#4d1373

#3d0f5c

#2e0c45

#1f082e

#0f0417

Tints

Color #5c178a mixed toward white.

#7d1fbc

#9b38de

#b46ae6

#cd9bee

#e6cdf7

Tones

Color #5c178a mixed toward gray.

#5a2181

#582a77

#56346d

#543d64

#52475a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.94:1

White text reads better on this background (10.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#48477a · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#4b4f76 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#5a6b68 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#3d3d3d · ΔE 27.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5c178a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c178a]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5c178a (#5c178a) is rgb(92, 23, 138) in RGB.

No, #5c178a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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