#4E27AD#4E27AD

#4E27AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.196 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27AD
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 173)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 77.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.63, 49.95, -64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.63, 81.73, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% 0.0602 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.196 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4080, 6.0873, 40.1009)
Luminance	0.0609 (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

#4E27AD #86AD27

analogous

#2743AD #4E27AD #9127AD

triadic

#4E27AD #AD4E27 #27AD4E

tetradic

#4E27AD #AD2743 #86AD27 #27AD91

square

#4E27AD #AD2743 #86AD27 #27AD91

split-complementary

#4E27AD #AD9127 #43AD27

monochromatic

#211049 #371C7B #4E27AD #693ED3 #9070DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#4E27AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E27AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27AD

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27AD	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.196 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66c7',
    500: '#4e27ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27ad;
$custom-light: #8a66c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.463,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41587,
    "c": 0.19559,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27AD

secondary

#ABC66A

accent

#E642B6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27AD

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

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