#4D27B6#4D27B6

#4D27B6 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.206 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D27B6
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 182)
HSL	hsl(256, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 78.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.41, 52.35, -68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.41, 86.43, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% 0.056 -0.1981)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.206 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2270, 6.4055, 44.8390)
Luminance	0.0641 (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

#4D27B6 #90B627

analogous

#2748B6 #4D27B6 #9427B6

triadic

#4D27B6 #B64D27 #27B64D

tetradic

#4D27B6 #B62748 #90B627 #27B694

square

#4D27B6 #B62748 #90B627 #27B694

split-complementary

#4D27B6 #B69427 #48B627

monochromatic

#221151 #381C84 #4D27B6 #6B43D7 #9276E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#4D27B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4D27B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D27B6

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D27B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D27B6	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16516E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d27b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.206 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67cd',
    500: '#4d27b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d27b6;
$custom-light: #8b67cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d27b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.944,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42374,
    "c": 0.20586,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D27B6

secondary

#B1C970

accent

#E840BB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D27B6

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

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