#4E27A0#4E27A0

#4E27A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.181 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27A0
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 160)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 75.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.40, 46.30, -58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.40, 74.89, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0637 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.181 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2108, 5.6084, 33.7954)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E27A0 #79A027

analogous

#273DA0 #4E27A0 #8B27A0

triadic

#4E27A0 #A04E27 #27A04E

tetradic

#4E27A0 #A0273D #79A027 #27A08B

square

#4E27A0 #A0273D #79A027 #27A08B

split-complementary

#4E27A0 #A08B27 #3DA027

monochromatic

#1E0F3E #361B6F #4E27A0 #6736CE #8C67DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#4E27A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E27A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27A0

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27A0	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.181 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865bd',
    500: '#4e27a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27a0;
$custom-light: #8865bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.339,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40351,
    "c": 0.18067,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27A0

secondary

#A2C063

accent

#E444B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27A0

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

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