#4B27AA#4B27AA

#4B27AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.192 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B27AA
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 170)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 77.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 48.70, -63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 80.33, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41% 0.0564 -0.1839)
OKLCH	oklch(41% 0.192 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8807, 5.8486, 38.5780)
Luminance	0.0585 (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

#4B27AA #86AA27

analogous

#2744AA #4B27AA #8C27AA

triadic

#4B27AA #AA4B27 #27AA4B

tetradic

#4B27AA #AA2744 #86AA27 #27AA8C

square

#4B27AA #AA2744 #86AA27 #27AA8C

split-complementary

#4B27AA #AA8C27 #44AA27

monochromatic

#1F1046 #351C78 #4B27AA #653CD2 #8C6EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#4B27AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4B27AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B27AA

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B27AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B27AA	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b27aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.192 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866c4',
    500: '#4b27aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b27aa;
$custom-light: #8866c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b27aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.489,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41002,
    "c": 0.19235,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B27AA

secondary

#ABC469

accent

#E642B9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B27AA

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

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