#5E277D#5E277D

#5E277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.143 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E277D
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.60, 40.30, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.60, 55.67, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(39.35% 0.0939 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(39.35% 0.143 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0426, 5.3116, 19.9469)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E277D #467D27

analogous

#33277D #5E277D #7D2771

triadic

#5E277D #7D5E27 #277D5E

tetradic

#5E277D #7D3327 #467D27 #27717D

square

#5E277D #7D3327 #467D27 #27717D

split-complementary

#5E277D #717D27 #277D33

monochromatic

#180A20 #3B184E #5E277D #8136AC #A055CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#5E277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5E277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E277D

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E277D	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C427B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.143 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65a3',
    500: '#5e277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e277d;
$custom-light: #8f65a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.372,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3935,
    "c": 0.1434,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E277D

secondary

#73AF51

accent

#DC4C80

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E277D

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

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