#4E27A2#4E27A2

#4E27A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.183 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27A2
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 162)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 75.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 46.86, -59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 75.95, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.0632 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.183 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.3871, 5.6789, 34.7243)
Luminance	0.0568 (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

#4E27A2 #7BA227

analogous

#273EA2 #4E27A2 #8C27A2

triadic

#4E27A2 #A24E27 #27A24E

tetradic

#4E27A2 #A2273E #7BA227 #27A28C

square

#4E27A2 #A2273E #7BA227 #27A28C

split-complementary

#4E27A2 #A28C27 #3EA227

monochromatic

#1F0F3F #361B71 #4E27A2 #6737CF #8D69DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4E27A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E27A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27A2

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27A2	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.183 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966bf',
    500: '#4e27a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27a2;
$custom-light: #8966bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.024,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40538,
    "c": 0.18298,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27A2

secondary

#A3C164

accent

#E443B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27A2

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

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