#4A27AE#4A27AE

#4A27AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.197 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A27AE
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.32, 49.71, -65.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.32, 82.48, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.3% 0.0538 -0.1895)
OKLCH	oklch(41.3% 0.197 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1872, 5.9622, 40.5975)
Luminance	0.0596 (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

#4A27AE #8BAE27

analogous

#2747AE #4A27AE #8E27AE

triadic

#4A27AE #AE4A27 #27AE4A

tetradic

#4A27AE #AE2747 #8BAE27 #27AE8E

square

#4A27AE #AE2747 #8BAE27 #27AE8E

split-complementary

#4A27AE #AE8E27 #47AE27

monochromatic

#1F114A #351C7C #4A27AE #653ED4 #8D70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#4A27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4A27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A27AE

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A27AE	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.197 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866c7',
    500: '#4a27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a27ae;
$custom-light: #8866c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41299,
    "c": 0.19703,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A27AE

secondary

#AEC66B

accent

#E641BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A27AE

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

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