#4E27B0#4E27B0

#4E27B0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.199 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27B0
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 176)
HSL	hsl(257, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 77.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 50.79, -66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 83.28, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.0593 -0.19)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.199 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7015, 6.2047, 41.6469)
Luminance	0.0621 (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

#4E27B0 #89B027

analogous

#2745B0 #4E27B0 #9227B0

triadic

#4E27B0 #B04E27 #27B04E

tetradic

#4E27B0 #B02745 #89B027 #27B092

square

#4E27B0 #B02745 #89B027 #27B092

split-complementary

#4E27B0 #B09227 #45B027

monochromatic

#22114C #381C7E #4E27B0 #6A40D5 #9172E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4E27B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E27B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27B0

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27B0	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.199 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b66c9',
    500: '#4e27b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27b0;
$custom-light: #8b66c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.08,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41879,
    "c": 0.199,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27B0

secondary

#ADC76C

accent

#E741B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27B0

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

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