#4A27AD#4A27AD

#4A27AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.196 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A27AD
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 173)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 77.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, 49.42, -65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 81.96, 307.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.0541 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.196 286)
XYZ	xyz(11.0901, 5.9234, 40.0860)
Luminance	0.0592 (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

#4A27AD #8AAD27

analogous

#2747AD #4A27AD #8D27AD

triadic

#4A27AD #AD4A27 #27AD4A

tetradic

#4A27AD #AD2747 #8AAD27 #27AD8D

square

#4A27AD #AD2747 #8AAD27 #27AD8D

split-complementary

#4A27AD #AD8D27 #47AD27

monochromatic

#1F1049 #351C7B #4A27AD #653ED3 #8D70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#4A27AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4A27AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A27AD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A27AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A27AD	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a27ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.196 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866c7',
    500: '#4a27ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a27ad;
$custom-light: #8866c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a27ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.672,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.412,
    "c": 0.19588,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.05924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A27AD

secondary

#AEC66A

accent

#E642BB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A27AD

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

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