#4E27AA#4E27AA

#4E27AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.192 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27AA
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 170)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 77.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.34, 49.11, -63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.34, 80.16, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.3% 0.061 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(41.3% 0.192 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1210, 5.9725, 38.5892)
Luminance	0.0597 (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

#4E27AA #83AA27

analogous

#2741AA #4E27AA #8F27AA

triadic

#4E27AA #AA4E27 #27AA4E

tetradic

#4E27AA #AA2741 #83AA27 #27AA8F

square

#4E27AA #AA2741 #83AA27 #27AA8F

split-complementary

#4E27AA #AA8F27 #41AA27

monochromatic

#201046 #371C78 #4E27AA #693CD2 #8F6EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#4E27AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E27AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27AA

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27AA	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.192 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66c4',
    500: '#4e27aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27aa;
$custom-light: #8a66c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.863,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41298,
    "c": 0.19217,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27AA

secondary

#A9C469

accent

#E642B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27AA

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

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