#4E27B2#4E27B2

#4E27B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.201 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27B2
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 178)
HSL	hsl(257, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(257, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 78.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.12, 51.35, -66.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.12, 84.32, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.0587 -0.1925)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.201 287)
XYZ	xyz(11.9009, 6.2844, 42.6968)
Luminance	0.0629 (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

#4E27B2 #8BB227

analogous

#2745B2 #4E27B2 #9427B2

triadic

#4E27B2 #B24E27 #27B24E

tetradic

#4E27B2 #B22745 #8BB227 #27B294

square

#4E27B2 #B22745 #8BB227 #27B294

split-complementary

#4E27B2 #B29427 #45B227

monochromatic

#22114E #381C80 #4E27B2 #6B41D5 #9273E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#4E27B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E27B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27B2

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27B2	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.201 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b66ca',
    500: '#4e27b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27b2;
$custom-light: #8b66ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.835,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42074,
    "c": 0.20126,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.06285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27B2

secondary

#AEC86D

accent

#E741B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27B2

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

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