#4E27A8#4E27A8

#4E27A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.190 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27A8
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 168)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 76.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 48.55, -62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 79.11, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.11% 0.0616 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(41.11% 0.19 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9332, 5.8974, 37.6004)
Luminance	0.0590 (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

#4E27A8 #81A827

analogous

#2740A8 #4E27A8 #8F27A8

triadic

#4E27A8 #A84E27 #27A84E

tetradic

#4E27A8 #A82740 #81A827 #27A88F

square

#4E27A8 #A82740 #81A827 #27A88F

split-complementary

#4E27A8 #A88F27 #40A827

monochromatic

#201045 #371B76 #4E27A8 #683BD1 #8E6CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#4E27A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E27A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27A8

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27A8	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.190 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c3',
    500: '#4e27a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27a8;
$custom-light: #8966c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.14,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41106,
    "c": 0.18988,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27A8

secondary

#A8C367

accent

#E542B4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27A8

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

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