#5D27B0#5D27B0

#5D27B0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.199 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D27B0
RGB	rgb(93, 39, 176)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 77.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, 52.90, -63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 82.40, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% 0.0822 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.199 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.0740, 6.9124, 41.7113)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.86

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D27B0 #7AB027

analogous

#2735B0 #5D27B0 #A227B0

triadic

#5D27B0 #B05D27 #27B05D

tetradic

#5D27B0 #B02735 #7AB027 #27B0A2

square

#5D27B0 #B02735 #7AB027 #27B0A2

split-complementary

#5D27B0 #B0A227 #35B027

monochromatic

#28114C #431C7E #5D27B0 #7A40D5 #9D72E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#5D27B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5D27B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D27B0

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D27B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D27B0	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d27b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 39, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.199 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9368c9',
    500: '#5d27b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d27b0;
$custom-light: #9368c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d27b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.65,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43442,
    "c": 0.19895,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D27B0

secondary

#A3C76C

accent

#E741A5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D27B0

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

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