#4C27B2#4C27B2

#4C27B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.201 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C27B2
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 178)
HSL	hsl(256, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.91, 51.10, -67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.91, 84.43, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.0557 -0.1936)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.201 286)
XYZ	xyz(11.7395, 6.2012, 42.6892)
Luminance	0.0620 (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

#4C27B2 #8DB227

analogous

#2748B2 #4C27B2 #9127B2

triadic

#4C27B2 #B24C27 #27B24C

tetradic

#4C27B2 #B22748 #8DB227 #27B291

square

#4C27B2 #B22748 #8DB227 #27B291

split-complementary

#4C27B2 #B29127 #48B227

monochromatic

#21114E #371C80 #4C27B2 #6841D5 #9073E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4C27B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4C27B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C27B2

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C27B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C27B2	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c27b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.201 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66ca',
    500: '#4c27b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c27b2;
$custom-light: #8a66ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c27b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.971,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41883,
    "c": 0.20142,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.06202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C27B2

secondary

#AFC86D

accent

#E741BB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C27B2

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

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