#4D27A5#4D27A5

#4D27A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.186 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D27A5
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 165)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 76.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, 47.56, -61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 77.59, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% 0.0609 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.186 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5756, 5.7449, 36.1417)
Luminance	0.0575 (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

#4D27A5 #7FA527

analogous

#2740A5 #4D27A5 #8C27A5

triadic

#4D27A5 #A54D27 #27A54D

tetradic

#4D27A5 #A52740 #7FA527 #27A58C

square

#4D27A5 #A52740 #7FA527 #27A58C

split-complementary

#4D27A5 #A58C27 #40A527

monochromatic

#1F1042 #361B74 #4D27A5 #6739D0 #8D6ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#4D27A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4D27A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D27A5

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D27A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D27A5	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d27a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.186 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866c1',
    500: '#4d27a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d27a5;
$custom-light: #8866c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d27a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.095,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40719,
    "c": 0.18647,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D27A5

secondary

#A6C266

accent

#E543B4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D27A5

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

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