#4D27B2#4D27B2

#4D27B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.201 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D27B2
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 178)
HSL	hsl(256, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 78.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, 51.22, -67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 84.37, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.0572 -0.193)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.201 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8196, 6.2425, 42.6930)
Luminance	0.0624 (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

#4D27B2 #8CB227

analogous

#2746B2 #4D27B2 #9327B2

triadic

#4D27B2 #B24D27 #27B24D

tetradic

#4D27B2 #B22746 #8CB227 #27B293

square

#4D27B2 #B22746 #8CB227 #27B293

split-complementary

#4D27B2 #B29327 #46B227

monochromatic

#22114E #371C80 #4D27B2 #6941D5 #9173E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4D27B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4D27B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D27B2

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D27B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D27B2	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d27b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.201 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66ca',
    500: '#4d27b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d27b2;
$custom-light: #8a66ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d27b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.403,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41978,
    "c": 0.20134,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D27B2

secondary

#AFC86D

accent

#E741BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D27B2

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

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