#4B27AE#4B27AE

#4B27AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.197 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B27AE
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.42, 49.84, -65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.42, 82.42, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% 0.0553 -0.189)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.197 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2649, 6.0022, 40.6012)
Luminance	0.0600 (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

#4B27AE #8AAE27

analogous

#2747AE #4B27AE #8F27AE

triadic

#4B27AE #AE4B27 #27AE4B

tetradic

#4B27AE #AE2747 #8AAE27 #27AE8F

square

#4B27AE #AE2747 #8AAE27 #27AE8F

split-complementary

#4B27AE #AE8F27 #47AE27

monochromatic

#20114A #351C7C #4B27AE #663ED4 #8E70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#4B27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4B27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B27AE

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B27AE	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.197 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c7',
    500: '#4b27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b27ae;
$custom-light: #8966c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41394,
    "c": 0.19694,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B27AE

secondary

#AEC66B

accent

#E641BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B27AE

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

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