#4A27AA#4A27AA

#4A27AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.192 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A27AA
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 170)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 77.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, 48.56, -64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 80.39, 307.16°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0549 -0.1844)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.192 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8031, 5.8086, 38.5743)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A27AA #87AA27

analogous

#2745AA #4A27AA #8B27AA

triadic

#4A27AA #AA4A27 #27AA4A

tetradic

#4A27AA #AA2745 #87AA27 #27AA8B

square

#4A27AA #AA2745 #87AA27 #27AA8B

split-complementary

#4A27AA #AA8B27 #45AA27

monochromatic

#1F1046 #341C78 #4A27AA #643CD2 #8C6EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#4A27AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4A27AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A27AA

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A27AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A27AA	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a27aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.192 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866c4',
    500: '#4a27aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a27aa;
$custom-light: #8866c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a27aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.031,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40906,
    "c": 0.19242,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A27AA

secondary

#ACC469

accent

#E642BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A27AA

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

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