#4C27BB#4C27BB

#4C27BB is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.212 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C27BB
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 187)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(255, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 79.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.82, 53.63, -71.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.82, 89.04, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.053 -0.2048)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.212 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6729, 6.5746, 47.6053)
Luminance	0.0658 (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

#4C27BB #96BB27

analogous

#274CBB #4C27BB #9627BB

triadic

#4C27BB #BB4C27 #27BB4C

tetradic

#4C27BB #BB274C #96BB27 #27BB96

square

#4C27BB #BB274C #96BB27 #27BB96

split-complementary

#4C27BB #BB9627 #4CBB27

monochromatic

#231256 #371C88 #4C27BB #6B47D9 #9479E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#4C27BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4C27BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C27BB

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C27BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C27BB	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#015371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c27bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.212 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c67d1',
    500: '#4c27bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c27bb;
$custom-light: #8c67d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c27bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42783,
    "c": 0.21157,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C27BB

secondary

#B5CB73

accent

#E83FBE

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C27BB

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

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