#4A27BA#4A27BA

#4A27BA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.211 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A27BA
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 186)
HSL	hsl(254, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 79%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 53.12, -70.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 88.66, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.0503 -0.2046)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.211 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4098, 6.4512, 47.0361)
Luminance	0.0645 (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

#4A27BA #97BA27

analogous

#274EBA #4A27BA #9427BA

triadic

#4A27BA #BA4A27 #27BA4A

tetradic

#4A27BA #BA274E #97BA27 #27BA94

square

#4A27BA #BA274E #97BA27 #27BA94

split-complementary

#4A27BA #BA9427 #4EBA27

monochromatic

#221255 #361C87 #4A27BA #6946D8 #9279E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#4A27BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4A27BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A27BA

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A27BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A27BA	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a27ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.211 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66d0',
    500: '#4a27ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a27ba;
$custom-light: #8a66d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a27ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42501,
    "c": 0.21069,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A27BA

secondary

#B6CB72

accent

#E840C0

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1EBFA

border

#CBC6D3

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A27BA

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

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