#4E27AE#4E27AE

#4E27AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.197 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27AE
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 50.23, -65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 82.25, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% 0.0599 -0.1874)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.197 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5051, 6.1261, 40.6124)
Luminance	0.0613 (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

#4E27AE #87AE27

analogous

#2744AE #4E27AE #9227AE

triadic

#4E27AE #AE4E27 #27AE4E

tetradic

#4E27AE #AE2744 #87AE27 #27AE92

square

#4E27AE #AE2744 #87AE27 #27AE92

split-complementary

#4E27AE #AE9227 #44AE27

monochromatic

#21114A #381C7C #4E27AE #6A3ED4 #9070DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#4E27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27AE

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27AE	1.00	9.44	2.23	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.197 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66c7',
    500: '#4e27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27ae;
$custom-light: #8a66c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41684,
    "c": 0.19673,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27AE

secondary

#ACC66B

accent

#E641B7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27AE

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

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