#4E27BD#4E27BD

#4E27BD is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.214 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27BD
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 189)
HSL	hsl(256, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(256, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 79.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 54.42, -71.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 89.93, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.0554 -0.2063)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.214 285)
XYZ	xyz(13.0499, 6.7440, 48.7483)
Luminance	0.0674 (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

#4E27BD #96BD27

analogous

#274BBD #4E27BD #9927BD

triadic

#4E27BD #BD4E27 #27BD4E

tetradic

#4E27BD #BD274B #96BD27 #27BD99

square

#4E27BD #BD274B #96BD27 #27BD99

split-complementary

#4E27BD #BD9927 #4BBD27

monochromatic

#241258 #391D8A #4E27BD #6E48D9 #967BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#4E27BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E27BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27BD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27BD	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A5472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.214 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d67d2',
    500: '#4e27bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27bd;
$custom-light: #8d67d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43167,
    "c": 0.2136,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.06745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27BD

secondary

#B5CC74

accent

#E93FBD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0E0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27BD

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

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