#4A27A3#4A27A3

#4A27A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.184 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A27A3
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 163)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 76.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, 46.55, -60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 76.69, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.0568 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.184 288)
XYZ	xyz(10.1585, 5.5507, 35.1794)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.04

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A27A3 #80A327

analogous

#2742A3 #4A27A3 #8827A3

triadic

#4A27A3 #A34A27 #27A34A

tetradic

#4A27A3 #A32742 #80A327 #27A388

square

#4A27A3 #A32742 #80A327 #27A388

split-complementary

#4A27A3 #A38827 #42A327

monochromatic

#1D0F40 #341B72 #4A27A3 #6338CF #8969DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#4A27A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4A27A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A27A3

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A27A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A27A3	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a27a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.184 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665bf',
    500: '#4a27a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a27a3;
$custom-light: #8665bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a27a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.935,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40228,
    "c": 0.18428,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.05551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A27A3

secondary

#A7C164

accent

#E443B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A27A3

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

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