#4C27AA#4C27AA

#4C27AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.192 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C27AA
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 170)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 77.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, 48.83, -63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 80.28, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(41.1% 0.058 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(41.1% 0.192 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9596, 5.8892, 38.5817)
Luminance	0.0589 (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

#4C27AA #85AA27

analogous

#2743AA #4C27AA #8D27AA

triadic

#4C27AA #AA4C27 #27AA4C

tetradic

#4C27AA #AA2743 #85AA27 #27AA8D

square

#4C27AA #AA2743 #85AA27 #27AA8D

split-complementary

#4C27AA #AA8D27 #43AA27

monochromatic

#1F1046 #361C78 #4C27AA #663CD2 #8D6EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4C27AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4C27AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C27AA

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C27AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C27AA	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c27aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.192 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c4',
    500: '#4c27aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c27aa;
$custom-light: #8966c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c27aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.947,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.411,
    "c": 0.19228,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C27AA

secondary

#AAC469

accent

#E642B8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C27AA

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

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