#5B27AE#5B27AE

#5B27AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.197 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B27AE
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, 52.08, -62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 81.49, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.0797 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.197 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6778, 6.7308, 40.6674)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B27AE #7AAE27

analogous

#2737AE #5B27AE #9F27AE

triadic

#5B27AE #AE5B27 #27AE5B

tetradic

#5B27AE #AE2737 #7AAE27 #27AE9F

square

#5B27AE #AE2737 #7AAE27 #27AE9F

split-complementary

#5B27AE #AE9F27 #37AE27

monochromatic

#27114A #411C7C #5B27AE #783ED4 #9B70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#5B27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5B27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B27AE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B27AE	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.197 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9267c7',
    500: '#5b27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b27ae;
$custom-light: #9267c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43038,
    "c": 0.19668,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B27AE

secondary

#A3C66B

accent

#E641A7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B27AE

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

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