#4E27A3#4E27A3

#4E27A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.184 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27A3
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 163)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 76.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 47.14, -60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 76.48, 308.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.63% 0.0629 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(40.63% 0.184 290)
XYZ	xyz(10.4764, 5.7146, 35.1943)
Luminance	0.0571 (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

#4E27A3 #7CA327

analogous

#273EA3 #4E27A3 #8C27A3

triadic

#4E27A3 #A34E27 #27A34E

tetradic

#4E27A3 #A3273E #7CA327 #27A38C

square

#4E27A3 #A3273E #7CA327 #27A38C

split-complementary

#4E27A3 #A38C27 #3EA327

monochromatic

#1F0F40 #361B72 #4E27A3 #6738CF #8D69DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4E27A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E27A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27A3

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27A3	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.184 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966bf',
    500: '#4e27a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27a3;
$custom-light: #8966bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.871,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40632,
    "c": 0.18413,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.05715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27A3

secondary

#A4C164

accent

#E443B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27A3

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

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