#5E277C#5E277C

#5E277C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.142 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E277C
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 124)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 68.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.54, 40.07, -37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.54, 55.15, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.28% 0.0939 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(39.28% 0.142 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9790, 5.2862, 19.6122)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E277C #457C27

analogous

#34277C #5E277C #7C276F

triadic

#5E277C #7C5E27 #277C5E

tetradic

#5E277C #7C3427 #457C27 #276F7C

square

#5E277C #7C3427 #457C27 #276F7C

split-complementary

#5E277C #6F7C27 #277C34

monochromatic

#170A1F #3B184D #5E277C #8136AB #A054C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#5E277C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5E277C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E277C

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E277C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E277C	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D427A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e277c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.142 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65a2',
    500: '#5e277c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e277c;
$custom-light: #8f65a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e277c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 52.147,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39278,
    "c": 0.1423,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E277C

secondary

#72AE51

accent

#DC4C7F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E277C

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

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