#5E27A2#5E27A2

#5E27A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.184 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E27A2
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 162)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 75.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 49.46, -56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 75.14, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.0875 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.184 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8615, 6.4392, 34.7934)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.46

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E27A2 #6BA227

analogous

#272EA2 #5E27A2 #9C27A2

triadic

#5E27A2 #A25E27 #27A25E

tetradic

#5E27A2 #A2272E #6BA227 #27A29C

square

#5E27A2 #A2272E #6BA227 #27A29C

split-complementary

#5E27A2 #A29C27 #2EA227

monochromatic

#250F3F #411B71 #5E27A2 #7B37CF #9C69DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#5E27A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5E27A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E27A2

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E27A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E27A2	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e27a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.184 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9267be',
    500: '#5e27a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e27a2;
$custom-light: #9267be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e27a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.829,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4231,
    "c": 0.18391,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E27A2

secondary

#97C164

accent

#E4439C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E27A2

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