#4A27B6#4A27B6

#4A27B6 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.206 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A27B6
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 182)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 78.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.12, 51.99, -69.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.12, 86.61, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.0515 -0.1996)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.206 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9905, 6.2835, 44.8279)
Luminance	0.0628 (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

#4A27B6 #93B627

analogous

#274CB6 #4A27B6 #9127B6

triadic

#4A27B6 #B64A27 #27B64A

tetradic

#4A27B6 #B6274C #93B627 #27B691

square

#4A27B6 #B6274C #93B627 #27B691

split-complementary

#4A27B6 #B69127 #4CB627

monochromatic

#211151 #361C84 #4A27B6 #6743D7 #9076E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#4A27B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4A27B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A27B6

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A27B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A27B6	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03516E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a27b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.206 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66cd',
    500: '#4a27b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a27b6;
$custom-light: #8a66cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a27b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.685,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42097,
    "c": 0.20616,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A27B6

secondary

#B3C970

accent

#E840BF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A27B6

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

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