#4E27A9#4E27A9

#4E27A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.191 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27A9
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 169)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 76.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 48.83, -62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 79.64, 307.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.0613 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.191 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0267, 5.9348, 38.0929)
Luminance	0.0593 (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

#4E27A9 #82A927

analogous

#2741A9 #4E27A9 #8F27A9

triadic

#4E27A9 #A94E27 #27A94E

tetradic

#4E27A9 #A92741 #82A927 #27A98F

square

#4E27A9 #A92741 #82A927 #27A98F

split-complementary

#4E27A9 #A98F27 #41A927

monochromatic

#201046 #371C77 #4E27A9 #683BD2 #8F6DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4E27A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E27A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27A9

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27A9	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.191 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66c4',
    500: '#4e27a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27a9;
$custom-light: #8a66c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41202,
    "c": 0.19103,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27A9

secondary

#A8C468

accent

#E642B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27A9

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

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