#5E27A6#5E27A6

#5E27A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.188 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E27A6
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 166)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 76.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.84, 50.48, -58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.84, 77.21, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% 0.0865 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.188 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2227, 6.5837, 36.6958)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.97

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E27A6 #6FA627

analogous

#2730A6 #5E27A6 #9D27A6

triadic

#5E27A6 #A65E27 #27A65E

tetradic

#5E27A6 #A62730 #6FA627 #27A69D

square

#5E27A6 #A62730 #6FA627 #27A69D

split-complementary

#5E27A6 #A69D27 #30A627

monochromatic

#261043 #421B74 #5E27A6 #7B3AD1 #9C6BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#5E27A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#5E27A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E27A6

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E27A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E27A6	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e27a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.188 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9367c1',
    500: '#5e27a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e27a6;
$custom-light: #9367c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e27a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.984,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42659,
    "c": 0.18824,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E27A6

secondary

#9BC366

accent

#E5439F

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E27A6

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

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