#4D27A1#4D27A1

#4D27A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.182 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D27A1
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 161)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 75.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.38, 46.43, -59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.38, 75.47, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.34% 0.062 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(40.34% 0.182 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2173, 5.6016, 34.2542)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.22

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D27A1 #7BA127

analogous

#273EA1 #4D27A1 #8A27A1

triadic

#4D27A1 #A14D27 #27A14D

tetradic

#4D27A1 #A1273E #7BA127 #27A18A

square

#4D27A1 #A1273E #7BA127 #27A18A

split-complementary

#4D27A1 #A18A27 #3EA127

monochromatic

#1E0F3E #351B70 #4D27A1 #6637CE #8C68DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#4D27A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4D27A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D27A1

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D27A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D27A1	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d27a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.182 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865be',
    500: '#4d27a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d27a1;
$custom-light: #8865be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d27a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.689,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40341,
    "c": 0.18184,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D27A1

secondary

#A3C063

accent

#E444B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D27A1

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

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