#4C27AD#4C27AD

#4C27AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.196 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C27AD
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 173)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 77.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.42, 49.68, -65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.42, 81.84, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% 0.0571 -0.1872)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.196 287)
XYZ	xyz(11.2466, 6.0041, 40.0933)
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

#4C27AD #88AD27

analogous

#2745AD #4C27AD #8F27AD

triadic

#4C27AD #AD4C27 #27AD4C

tetradic

#4C27AD #AD2745 #88AD27 #27AD8F

square

#4C27AD #AD2745 #88AD27 #27AD8F

split-complementary

#4C27AD #AD8F27 #45AD27

monochromatic

#201049 #361C7B #4C27AD #673ED3 #8E70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#4C27AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4C27AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C27AD

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C27AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C27AD	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)

#0048B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c27ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.196 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c7',
    500: '#4c27ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c27ad;
$custom-light: #8966c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c27ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.567,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41392,
    "c": 0.19572,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.06005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C27AD

secondary

#ACC66A

accent

#E642B9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C27AD

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

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