#5E27B1#5E27B1

#5E27B1 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.200 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E27B1
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 177)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 78%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 53.31, -63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 82.85, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% 0.0834 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.2 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.2753, 7.0047, 42.2390)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.81

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E27B1 #7AB127

analogous

#2735B1 #5E27B1 #A327B1

triadic

#5E27B1 #B15E27 #27B15E

tetradic

#5E27B1 #B12735 #7AB127 #27B1A3

square

#5E27B1 #B12735 #7AB127 #27B1A3

split-complementary

#5E27B1 #B1A327 #35B127

monochromatic

#29114D #431C7F #5E27B1 #7C40D5 #9E72E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#5E27B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#5E27B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E27B1

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E27B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E27B1	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e27b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.200 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9468c9',
    500: '#5e27b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e27b1;
$custom-light: #9468c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e27b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.913,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43644,
    "c": 0.20009,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E27B1

secondary

#A3C76D

accent

#E741A5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E27B1

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

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