#5E277A#5E277A

#5E277A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.140 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E277A
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 122)
HSL	hsl(280, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(280, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.40, 39.60, -36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.40, 54.09, 317.06°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.0941 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.14 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8538, 5.2361, 18.9528)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E277A #437A27

analogous

#35277A #5E277A #7A276D

triadic

#5E277A #7A5E27 #277A5E

tetradic

#5E277A #7A3527 #437A27 #276D7A

square

#5E277A #7A3527 #437A27 #276D7A

split-complementary

#5E277A #6D7A27 #277A35

monochromatic

#17091D #3A184C #5E277A #8236A8 #A153C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#5E277A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5E277A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E277A

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E277A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E277A	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e277a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.140 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65a1',
    500: '#5e277a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e277a;
$custom-light: #8f65a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e277a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.759,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39134,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E277A

secondary

#70AC51

accent

#DB4D7D

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F1EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E277A

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

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