#4A27BC#4A27BC

#4A27BC is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.213 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A27BC
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 188)
HSL	hsl(254, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 79.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.73, 53.69, -71.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.73, 89.67, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.0496 -0.2071)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.213 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6239, 6.5369, 48.1637)
Luminance	0.0654 (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

#4A27BC #99BC27

analogous

#274FBC #4A27BC #9527BC

triadic

#4A27BC #BC4A27 #27BC4A

tetradic

#4A27BC #BC274F #99BC27 #27BC95

square

#4A27BC #BC274F #99BC27 #27BC95

split-complementary

#4A27BC #BC9527 #4FBC27

monochromatic

#221257 #361C89 #4A27BC #6A47D9 #937AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#4A27BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4A27BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A27BC

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A27BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A27BC	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a27bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.213 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67d1',
    500: '#4a27bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a27bc;
$custom-light: #8b67d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a27bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.094,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42705,
    "c": 0.21295,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A27BC

secondary

#B7CB73

accent

#E93FC1

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1EBFA

border

#CBC6D3

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A27BC

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

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