#4D27AE#4D27AE

#4D27AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.197 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D27AE
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 50.10, -65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 82.30, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% 0.0584 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.197 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4238, 6.0842, 40.6086)
Luminance	0.0609 (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

#4D27AE #88AE27

analogous

#2745AE #4D27AE #9127AE

triadic

#4D27AE #AE4D27 #27AE4D

tetradic

#4D27AE #AE2745 #88AE27 #27AE91

square

#4D27AE #AE2745 #88AE27 #27AE91

split-complementary

#4D27AE #AE9127 #45AE27

monochromatic

#21114A #371C7C #4D27AE #683ED4 #9070DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#4D27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4D27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D27AE

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D27AE	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.197 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66c7',
    500: '#4d27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d27ae;
$custom-light: #8a66c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41586,
    "c": 0.19679,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D27AE

secondary

#ACC66B

accent

#E641B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D27AE

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

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