#4C27B6#4C27B6

#4C27B6 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.206 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C27B6
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 182)
HSL	hsl(256, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 78.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 52.23, -68.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 86.49, 307.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.0545 -0.1986)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.206 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1469, 6.3642, 44.8352)
Luminance	0.0636 (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

#4C27B6 #91B627

analogous

#274AB6 #4C27B6 #9327B6

triadic

#4C27B6 #B64C27 #27B64C

tetradic

#4C27B6 #B6274A #91B627 #27B693

square

#4C27B6 #B6274A #91B627 #27B693

split-complementary

#4C27B6 #B69327 #4AB627

monochromatic

#221151 #371C84 #4C27B6 #6A43D7 #9276E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4C27B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4C27B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C27B6

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C27B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C27B6	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11516E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c27b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.206 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b66cd',
    500: '#4c27b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c27b6;
$custom-light: #8b66cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c27b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.524,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42281,
    "c": 0.20595,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C27B6

secondary

#B2C970

accent

#E840BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C27B6

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

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