#4C27A9#4C27A9

#4C27A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.191 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C27A9
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 169)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 76.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 48.55, -63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 79.75, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41% 0.0583 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(41% 0.191 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8653, 5.8515, 38.0854)
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

#4C27A9 #84A927

analogous

#2743A9 #4C27A9 #8D27A9

triadic

#4C27A9 #A94C27 #27A94C

tetradic

#4C27A9 #A92743 #84A927 #27A98D

square

#4C27A9 #A92743 #84A927 #27A98D

split-complementary

#4C27A9 #A98D27 #43A927

monochromatic

#1F1046 #361C77 #4C27A9 #663BD2 #8D6DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#4C27A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4C27A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C27A9

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C27A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C27A9	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)

#0047AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c27a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.191 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866c4',
    500: '#4c27a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c27a9;
$custom-light: #8866c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c27a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.077,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41003,
    "c": 0.19113,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C27A9

secondary

#AAC468

accent

#E642B7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C27A9

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

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