#5D27A6#5D27A6

#5D27A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.188 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D27A6
RGB	rgb(93, 39, 166)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 76.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 50.32, -58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 77.26, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.0849 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.188 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1208, 6.5311, 36.6910)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D27A6 #70A627

analogous

#2730A6 #5D27A6 #9C27A6

triadic

#5D27A6 #A65D27 #27A65D

tetradic

#5D27A6 #A62730 #70A627 #27A69C

square

#5D27A6 #A62730 #70A627 #27A69C

split-complementary

#5D27A6 #A69C27 #30A627

monochromatic

#251043 #411B74 #5D27A6 #7A3AD1 #9B6BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#5D27A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5D27A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D27A6

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D27A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D27A6	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d27a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 39, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.188 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9267c1',
    500: '#5d27a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d27a6;
$custom-light: #9267c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d27a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.512,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42544,
    "c": 0.18814,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D27A6

secondary

#9BC366

accent

#E543A0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D27A6

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

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