#4E27B3#4E27B3

#4E27B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.202 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27B3
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 179)
HSL	hsl(257, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(257, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 78.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.22, 51.63, -67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.22, 84.83, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.0584 -0.1938)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.202 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0017, 6.3247, 43.2275)
Luminance	0.0633 (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

#4E27B3 #8CB327

analogous

#2746B3 #4E27B3 #9427B3

triadic

#4E27B3 #B34E27 #27B34E

tetradic

#4E27B3 #B32746 #8CB327 #27B394

square

#4E27B3 #B32746 #8CB327 #27B394

split-complementary

#4E27B3 #B39427 #46B327

monochromatic

#22114E #381C81 #4E27B3 #6B41D6 #9274E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#4E27B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E27B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27B3

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27B3	1.00	9.27	2.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F506C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.202 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b66cb',
    500: '#4e27b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27b3;
$custom-light: #8b66cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.714,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42173,
    "c": 0.20239,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27B3

secondary

#AFC86E

accent

#E741B9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27B3

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

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