#5D27AE#5D27AE

#5D27AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.197 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D27AE
RGB	rgb(93, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, 52.38, -62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 81.38, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% 0.0828 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.197 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8776, 6.8338, 40.6768)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D27AE #78AE27

analogous

#2735AE #5D27AE #A127AE

triadic

#5D27AE #AE5D27 #27AE5D

tetradic

#5D27AE #AE2735 #78AE27 #27AEA1

square

#5D27AE #AE2735 #78AE27 #27AEA1

split-complementary

#5D27AE #AEA127 #35AE27

monochromatic

#28114A #421C7C #5D27AE #7A3ED4 #9D70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#5D27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5D27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D27AE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D27AE	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.197 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9368c7',
    500: '#5d27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d27ae;
$custom-light: #9368c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4326,
    "c": 0.19679,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D27AE

secondary

#A2C66B

accent

#E641A4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D27AE

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

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