#4E27A6#4E27A6

#4E27A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.188 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27A6
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 166)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 76.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 47.99, -61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 78.06, 307.93°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% 0.0621 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.188 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7483, 5.8234, 36.6267)
Luminance	0.0582 (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

#4E27A6 #7FA627

analogous

#2740A6 #4E27A6 #8D27A6

triadic

#4E27A6 #A64E27 #27A64E

tetradic

#4E27A6 #A62740 #7FA627 #27A68D

square

#4E27A6 #A62740 #7FA627 #27A68D

split-complementary

#4E27A6 #A68D27 #40A627

monochromatic

#1F1043 #371B74 #4E27A6 #683AD1 #8E6BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4E27A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E27A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27A6

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27A6	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.188 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c2',
    500: '#4e27a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27a6;
$custom-light: #8966c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.425,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40916,
    "c": 0.18759,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27A6

secondary

#A6C366

accent

#E543B3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27A6

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

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