#4D27A4#4D27A4

#4D27A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.185 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D27A4
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 164)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 76.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 47.28, -60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 77.06, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.0612 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.185 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4850, 5.7087, 35.6642)
Luminance	0.0571 (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

#4D27A4 #7EA427

analogous

#2740A4 #4D27A4 #8C27A4

triadic

#4D27A4 #A44D27 #27A44D

tetradic

#4D27A4 #A42740 #7EA427 #27A48C

square

#4D27A4 #A42740 #7EA427 #27A48C

split-complementary

#4D27A4 #A48C27 #40A427

monochromatic

#1F0F41 #361B73 #4D27A4 #6638D0 #8C6ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4D27A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4D27A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D27A4

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D27A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D27A4	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d27a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.185 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866c0',
    500: '#4d27a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d27a4;
$custom-light: #8866c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d27a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.24,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40624,
    "c": 0.18532,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D27A4

secondary

#A6C265

accent

#E543B4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D27A4

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

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