#4E27A1#4E27A1

#4E27A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.182 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27A1
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 161)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 75.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 46.58, -59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 75.42, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0635 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.182 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2986, 5.6435, 34.2580)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E27A1 #7AA127

analogous

#273DA1 #4E27A1 #8B27A1

triadic

#4E27A1 #A14E27 #27A14E

tetradic

#4E27A1 #A1273D #7AA127 #27A18B

square

#4E27A1 #A1273D #7AA127 #27A18B

split-complementary

#4E27A1 #A18B27 #3DA127

monochromatic

#1E0F3E #361B70 #4E27A1 #6737CE #8D68DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4E27A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E27A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27A1

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27A1	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.182 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865be',
    500: '#4e27a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27a1;
$custom-light: #8865be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.18,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40445,
    "c": 0.18183,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27A1

secondary

#A3C063

accent

#E444B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27A1

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

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