#5B27AA#5B27AA

#5B27AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.192 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B27AA
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 170)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 77.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.82, 51.03, -60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.82, 79.43, 309.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.0808 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.192 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2936, 6.5771, 38.6442)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.40

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B27AA #76AA27

analogous

#2734AA #5B27AA #9C27AA

triadic

#5B27AA #AA5B27 #27AA5B

tetradic

#5B27AA #AA2734 #76AA27 #27AA9C

square

#5B27AA #AA2734 #76AA27 #27AA9C

split-complementary

#5B27AA #AA9C27 #34AA27

monochromatic

#261046 #401C78 #5B27AA #783CD2 #9A6EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#5B27AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#5B27AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B27AA

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B27AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B27AA	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b27aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.192 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9167c4',
    500: '#5b27aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b27aa;
$custom-light: #9167c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b27aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.817,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42675,
    "c": 0.19232,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B27AA

secondary

#A0C469

accent

#E642A5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B27AA

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

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