#4E27A7#4E27A7

#4E27A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.189 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27A7
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 167)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 76.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, 48.27, -62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 78.59, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.01% 0.0619 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(41.01% 0.189 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8404, 5.8603, 37.1117)
Luminance	0.0586 (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

#4E27A7 #80A727

analogous

#2740A7 #4E27A7 #8E27A7

triadic

#4E27A7 #A74E27 #27A74E

tetradic

#4E27A7 #A72740 #80A727 #27A78E

square

#4E27A7 #A72740 #80A727 #27A78E

split-complementary

#4E27A7 #A78E27 #40A727

monochromatic

#201044 #371B75 #4E27A7 #683AD1 #8E6CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#4E27A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E27A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27A7

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27A7	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.189 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c2',
    500: '#4e27a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27a7;
$custom-light: #8966c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.281,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41011,
    "c": 0.18875,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27A7

secondary

#A7C367

accent

#E543B4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27A7

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

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