#4A27AB#4A27AB

#4A27AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.194 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A27AB
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 171)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 77.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.02, 48.85, -64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.02, 80.91, 307.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41% 0.0546 -0.1857)
OKLCH	oklch(41% 0.194 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8980, 5.8465, 39.0744)
Luminance	0.0585 (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

#4A27AB #88AB27

analogous

#2746AB #4A27AB #8C27AB

triadic

#4A27AB #AB4A27 #27AB4A

tetradic

#4A27AB #AB2746 #88AB27 #27AB8C

square

#4A27AB #AB2746 #88AB27 #27AB8C

split-complementary

#4A27AB #AB8C27 #46AB27

monochromatic

#1F1047 #341C79 #4A27AB #643DD3 #8C6EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#4A27AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A27AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A27AB

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A27AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A27AB	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a27ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.194 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866c5',
    500: '#4a27ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a27ab;
$custom-light: #8866c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a27ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.909,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41004,
    "c": 0.19357,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A27AB

secondary

#ACC569

accent

#E642BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A27AB

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

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