#4A27BD#4A27BD

#4A27BD is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.214 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A27BD
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 189)
HSL	hsl(254, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 79.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.83, 53.97, -72.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.83, 90.18, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.0493 -0.2083)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.214 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.7320, 6.5801, 48.7334)
Luminance	0.0658 (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

#4A27BD #9ABD27

analogous

#274FBD #4A27BD #9527BD

triadic

#4A27BD #BD4A27 #27BD4A

tetradic

#4A27BD #BD274F #9ABD27 #27BD95

square

#4A27BD #BD274F #9ABD27 #27BD95

split-complementary

#4A27BD #BD9527 #4FBD27

monochromatic

#221258 #361D8A #4A27BD #6A48D9 #937BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#4A27BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4A27BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A27BD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A27BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A27BD	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a27bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.214 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67d2',
    500: '#4a27bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a27bd;
$custom-light: #8b67d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a27bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42807,
    "c": 0.21407,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A27BD

secondary

#B7CC74

accent

#E93FC1

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A27BD

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

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