#5E277E#5E277E

#5E277E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.144 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E277E
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 126)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 69%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.67, 40.54, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.67, 56.20, 316.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.42% 0.0938 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(39.42% 0.145 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1068, 5.3373, 20.2851)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E277E #477E27

analogous

#33277E #5E277E #7E2773

triadic

#5E277E #7E5E27 #277E5E

tetradic

#5E277E #7E3327 #477E27 #27737E

square

#5E277E #7E3327 #477E27 #27737E

split-complementary

#5E277E #737E27 #277E33

monochromatic

#180A21 #3B194F #5E277E #8135AD #9F55CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#5E277E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5E277E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E277E

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E277E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E277E	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B427C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e277e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.144 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65a4',
    500: '#5e277e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e277e;
$custom-light: #8f65a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e277e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.931,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39423,
    "c": 0.1445,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E277E

secondary

#74AF52

accent

#DC4C81

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E277E

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

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