#5E27AD#5E27AD

#5E27AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.196 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E27AD
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 173)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 77.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 52.28, -61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 80.81, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.0845 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.196 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8824, 6.8475, 40.1700)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E27AD #76AD27

analogous

#2733AD #5E27AD #A127AD

triadic

#5E27AD #AD5E27 #27AD5E

tetradic

#5E27AD #AD2733 #76AD27 #27ADA1

square

#5E27AD #AD2733 #76AD27 #27ADA1

split-complementary

#5E27AD #ADA127 #33AD27

monochromatic

#281049 #431C7B #5E27AD #7B3ED3 #9D70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#5E27AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5E27AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E27AD

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E27AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E27AD	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e27ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.196 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9368c7',
    500: '#5e27ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e27ad;
$custom-light: #9368c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e27ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.627,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43282,
    "c": 0.19579,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E27AD

secondary

#A0C66A

accent

#E642A3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E27AD

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

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