#4E27B4#4E27B4

#4E27B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.204 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27B4
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 180)
HSL	hsl(257, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(257, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 78.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 51.91, -67.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 85.34, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.0581 -0.195)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.204 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1032, 6.3653, 43.7620)
Luminance	0.0637 (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

#4E27B4 #8DB427

analogous

#2746B4 #4E27B4 #9527B4

triadic

#4E27B4 #B44E27 #27B44E

tetradic

#4E27B4 #B42746 #8DB427 #27B495

square

#4E27B4 #B42746 #8DB427 #27B495

split-complementary

#4E27B4 #B49527 #46B427

monochromatic

#22114F #381C82 #4E27B4 #6B42D6 #9274E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4E27B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E27B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27B4

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27B4	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.204 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b66cc',
    500: '#4e27b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27b4;
$custom-light: #8b66cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.596,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42271,
    "c": 0.20352,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27B4

secondary

#AFC86F

accent

#E740B9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27B4

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

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