#5C27AE#5C27AE

#5C27AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.197 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C27AE
RGB	rgb(92, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 52.23, -62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 81.43, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.0812 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.197 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7770, 6.7820, 40.6720)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.02

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C27AE #79AE27

analogous

#2735AE #5C27AE #A027AE

triadic

#5C27AE #AE5C27 #27AE5C

tetradic

#5C27AE #AE2735 #79AE27 #27AEA0

square

#5C27AE #AE2735 #79AE27 #27AEA0

split-complementary

#5C27AE #AEA027 #35AE27

monochromatic

#27114A #421C7C #5C27AE #793ED4 #9C70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#5C27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5C27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C27AE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C27AE	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.197 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9267c7',
    500: '#5c27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c27ae;
$custom-light: #9267c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43149,
    "c": 0.19673,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C27AE

secondary

#A2C66B

accent

#E641A6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C27AE

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

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