#4E27BA#4E27BA

#4E27BA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.210 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27BA
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 186)
HSL	hsl(256, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(256, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 79%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, 53.59, -70.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 88.41, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% 0.0563 -0.2026)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.21 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.7276, 6.6151, 47.0510)
Luminance	0.0662 (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

#4E27BA #93BA27

analogous

#274ABA #4E27BA #9827BA

triadic

#4E27BA #BA4E27 #27BA4E

tetradic

#4E27BA #BA274A #93BA27 #27BA98

square

#4E27BA #BA274A #93BA27 #27BA98

split-complementary

#4E27BA #BA9827 #4ABA27

monochromatic

#241255 #391C87 #4E27BA #6D46D8 #9579E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#4E27BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E27BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27BA

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27BA	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#135271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.210 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c67d0',
    500: '#4e27ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27ba;
$custom-light: #8c67d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.918,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42867,
    "c": 0.21026,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27BA

secondary

#B3CB72

accent

#E840BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27BA

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

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