#4E27BB#4E27BB

#4E27BB is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.211 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27BB
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 187)
HSL	hsl(256, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(256, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 79.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.01, 53.87, -70.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.01, 88.92, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.056 -0.2038)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.211 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8343, 6.6578, 47.6129)
Luminance	0.0666 (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

#4E27BB #94BB27

analogous

#274ABB #4E27BB #9827BB

triadic

#4E27BB #BB4E27 #27BB4E

tetradic

#4E27BB #BB274A #94BB27 #27BB98

square

#4E27BB #BB274A #94BB27 #27BB98

split-complementary

#4E27BB #BB9827 #4ABB27

monochromatic

#241256 #391C88 #4E27BB #6D47D9 #9579E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#4E27BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E27BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27BB

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27BB	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#105371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.211 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d67d1',
    500: '#4e27bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27bb;
$custom-light: #8d67d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.811,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42967,
    "c": 0.21137,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27BB

secondary

#B4CB73

accent

#E83FBC

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27BB

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

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