#5E27A3#5E27A3

#5E27A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.185 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E27A3
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 163)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 49.71, -57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 75.66, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% 0.0872 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.185 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9508, 6.4749, 35.2634)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.33

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E27A3 #6CA327

analogous

#272EA3 #5E27A3 #9C27A3

triadic

#5E27A3 #A35E27 #27A35E

tetradic

#5E27A3 #A3272E #6CA327 #27A39C

square

#5E27A3 #A3272E #6CA327 #27A39C

split-complementary

#5E27A3 #A39C27 #2EA327

monochromatic

#250F40 #421B72 #5E27A3 #7B38CF #9C69DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#5E27A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5E27A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E27A3

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E27A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E27A3	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e27a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.185 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9267bf',
    500: '#5e27a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e27a3;
$custom-light: #9267bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e27a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.613,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42397,
    "c": 0.18499,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E27A3

secondary

#98C164

accent

#E4439D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E27A3

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

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