#4D27A2#4D27A2

#4D27A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.183 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D27A2
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 162)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 75.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 46.71, -59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 76.00, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.0617 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.183 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3058, 5.6370, 34.7204)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.11

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D27A2 #7CA227

analogous

#273EA2 #4D27A2 #8B27A2

triadic

#4D27A2 #A24D27 #27A24D

tetradic

#4D27A2 #A2273E #7CA227 #27A28B

square

#4D27A2 #A2273E #7CA227 #27A28B

split-complementary

#4D27A2 #A28B27 #3EA227

monochromatic

#1E0F3F #361B71 #4D27A2 #6637CF #8C69DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4D27A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4D27A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D27A2

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D27A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D27A2	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d27a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.183 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865bf',
    500: '#4d27a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d27a2;
$custom-light: #8865bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d27a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.537,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40435,
    "c": 0.183,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D27A2

secondary

#A4C164

accent

#E443B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D27A2

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

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