#4B27BD#4B27BD

#4B27BD is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.214 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B27BD
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 189)
HSL	hsl(254, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 79.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.93, 54.08, -72.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.93, 90.12, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.0508 -0.2078)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.214 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.8096, 6.6202, 48.7371)
Luminance	0.0662 (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

#4B27BD #99BD27

analogous

#274EBD #4B27BD #9627BD

triadic

#4B27BD #BD4B27 #27BD4B

tetradic

#4B27BD #BD274E #99BD27 #27BD96

square

#4B27BD #BD274E #99BD27 #27BD96

split-complementary

#4B27BD #BD9627 #4EBD27

monochromatic

#231258 #371D8A #4B27BD #6B48D9 #947BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#4B27BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4B27BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B27BD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B27BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B27BD	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b27bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.214 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67d2',
    500: '#4b27bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b27bd;
$custom-light: #8b67d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b27bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42896,
    "c": 0.21394,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B27BD

secondary

#B7CC74

accent

#E93FC0

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B27BD

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

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