#5F27AE#5F27AE

#5F27AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.197 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F27AE
RGB	rgb(95, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 52.69, -61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 81.26, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% 0.0858 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.197 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0828, 6.9396, 40.6864)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.15

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F27AE #76AE27

analogous

#2733AE #5F27AE #A327AE

triadic

#5F27AE #AE5F27 #27AE5F

tetradic

#5F27AE #AE2733 #76AE27 #27AEA3

square

#5F27AE #AE2733 #76AE27 #27AEA3

split-complementary

#5F27AE #AEA327 #33AE27

monochromatic

#28114A #441C7C #5F27AE #7C3ED4 #9E70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#5F27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5F27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F27AE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F27AE	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.197 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9468c7',
    500: '#5f27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f27ae;
$custom-light: #9468c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43485,
    "c": 0.19695,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F27AE

secondary

#A0C66B

accent

#E641A2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F27AE

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

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