#4E27B1#4E27B1

#4E27B1 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.200 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27B1
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 177)
HSL	hsl(257, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 78%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, 51.07, -66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 83.80, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.059 -0.1912)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.2 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8008, 6.2444, 42.1699)
Luminance	0.0624 (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

#4E27B1 #8AB127

analogous

#2745B1 #4E27B1 #9327B1

triadic

#4E27B1 #B14E27 #27B14E

tetradic

#4E27B1 #B12745 #8AB127 #27B193

square

#4E27B1 #B12745 #8AB127 #27B193

split-complementary

#4E27B1 #B19327 #45B127

monochromatic

#22114D #381C7F #4E27B1 #6A40D5 #9172E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4E27B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E27B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27B1

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27B1	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.200 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b66ca',
    500: '#4e27b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27b1;
$custom-light: #8b66ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.957,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41977,
    "c": 0.20013,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27B1

secondary

#AEC76D

accent

#E741B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27B1

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

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