#4E27AB#4E27AB

#4E27AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.193 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27AB
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 171)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 77.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.44, 49.39, -63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.44, 80.68, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% 0.0607 -0.1835)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.193 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2159, 6.0105, 39.0893)
Luminance	0.0601 (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

#4E27AB #84AB27

analogous

#2742AB #4E27AB #9027AB

triadic

#4E27AB #AB4E27 #27AB4E

tetradic

#4E27AB #AB2742 #84AB27 #27AB90

square

#4E27AB #AB2742 #84AB27 #27AB90

split-complementary

#4E27AB #AB9027 #42AB27

monochromatic

#211047 #371C79 #4E27AB #693DD3 #8F6EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#4E27AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E27AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27AB

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27AB	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.193 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66c5',
    500: '#4e27ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27ab;
$custom-light: #8a66c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.727,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41394,
    "c": 0.19332,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27AB

secondary

#AAC569

accent

#E642B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27AB

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

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