#5E27A9#5E27A9

#5E27A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.191 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E27A9
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 169)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 76.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 51.25, -59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 78.76, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.0857 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.191 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5011, 6.6950, 38.1620)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.63

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E27A9 #72A927

analogous

#2731A9 #5E27A9 #9F27A9

triadic

#5E27A9 #A95E27 #27A95E

tetradic

#5E27A9 #A92731 #72A927 #27A99F

square

#5E27A9 #A92731 #72A927 #27A99F

split-complementary

#5E27A9 #A99F27 #31A927

monochromatic

#271046 #421C77 #5E27A9 #7B3BD2 #9D6DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#5E27A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5E27A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E27A9

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E27A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E27A9	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e27a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.191 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9367c4',
    500: '#5e27a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e27a9;
$custom-light: #9367c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e27a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42924,
    "c": 0.19148,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E27A9

secondary

#9DC468

accent

#E642A0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E27A9

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

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