#5B27A8#5B27A8

#5B27A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.190 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B27A8
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 168)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 76.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.65, 50.51, -59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.65, 78.40, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.0814 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.19 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1059, 6.5020, 37.6554)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B27A8 #74A827

analogous

#2733A8 #5B27A8 #9B27A8

triadic

#5B27A8 #A85B27 #27A85B

tetradic

#5B27A8 #A82733 #74A827 #27A89B

square

#5B27A8 #A82733 #74A827 #27A89B

split-complementary

#5B27A8 #A89B27 #33A827

monochromatic

#251045 #401B76 #5B27A8 #773BD1 #9A6CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#5B27A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5B27A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B27A8

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B27A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B27A8	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b27a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.190 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9167c3',
    500: '#5b27a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b27a8;
$custom-light: #9167c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b27a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.186,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42494,
    "c": 0.19014,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B27A8

secondary

#9EC367

accent

#E542A4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B27A8

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

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