#5E27AE#5E27AE

#5E27AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.197 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E27AE
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.55, 52.54, -62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.55, 81.32, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.37% 0.0843 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(43.37% 0.197 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.9795, 6.8864, 40.6815)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.10

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E27AE #77AE27

analogous

#2734AE #5E27AE #A127AE

triadic

#5E27AE #AE5E27 #27AE5E

tetradic

#5E27AE #AE2734 #77AE27 #27AEA1

square

#5E27AE #AE2734 #77AE27 #27AEA1

split-complementary

#5E27AE #AEA127 #34AE27

monochromatic

#28114A #431C7C #5E27AE #7B3ED4 #9D70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#5E27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5E27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E27AE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E27AE	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.197 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9468c7',
    500: '#5e27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e27ae;
$custom-light: #9468c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43372,
    "c": 0.19686,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E27AE

secondary

#A1C66B

accent

#E641A3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E27AE

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

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