#4C27AE#4C27AE

#4C27AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.197 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C27AE
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, 49.97, -65.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 82.36, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% 0.0568 -0.1885)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.197 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3437, 6.0429, 40.6049)
Luminance	0.0604 (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

#4C27AE #89AE27

analogous

#2746AE #4C27AE #8F27AE

triadic

#4C27AE #AE4C27 #27AE4C

tetradic

#4C27AE #AE2746 #89AE27 #27AE8F

square

#4C27AE #AE2746 #89AE27 #27AE8F

split-complementary

#4C27AE #AE8F27 #46AE27

monochromatic

#20114A #361C7C #4C27AE #673ED4 #8F70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4C27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4C27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C27AE

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C27AE	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.197 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c7',
    500: '#4c27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c27ae;
$custom-light: #8966c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4149,
    "c": 0.19686,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C27AE

secondary

#ADC66B

accent

#E641B9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C27AE

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

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