#5E27B0#5E27B0

#5E27B0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.199 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E27B0
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 176)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 77.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 53.05, -62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 82.34, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.55% 0.0837 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(43.55% 0.199 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1760, 6.9649, 41.7160)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.91

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E27B0 #79B027

analogous

#2734B0 #5E27B0 #A327B0

triadic

#5E27B0 #B05E27 #27B05E

tetradic

#5E27B0 #B02734 #79B027 #27B0A3

square

#5E27B0 #B02734 #79B027 #27B0A3

split-complementary

#5E27B0 #B0A327 #34B027

monochromatic

#28114C #431C7E #5E27B0 #7B40D5 #9E72E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#5E27B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5E27B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E27B0

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E27B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E27B0	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e27b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.199 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9468c9',
    500: '#5e27b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e27b0;
$custom-light: #9468c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e27b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.088,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43553,
    "c": 0.19901,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E27B0

secondary

#A2C76C

accent

#E741A4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E27B0

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

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