#4E27C9#4E27C9

#4E27C9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.227 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E27C9
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 201)
HSL	hsl(254, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(254, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 80.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 57.75, -76.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 95.93, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% 0.0516 -0.2209)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.227 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4068, 7.2868, 55.8943)
Luminance	0.0729 (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

#4E27C9 #A2C927

analogous

#2751C9 #4E27C9 #9F27C9

triadic

#4E27C9 #C94E27 #27C94E

tetradic

#4E27C9 #C92751 #A2C927 #27C99F

square

#4E27C9 #C92751 #A2C927 #27C99F

split-complementary

#4E27C9 #C99F27 #51C927

monochromatic

#261362 #3A1D96 #4E27C9 #7250DD #9B83E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#4E27C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E27C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E27C9

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E27C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E27C9	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e27c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.227 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f68db',
    500: '#4e27c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e27c9;
$custom-light: #8f68db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e27c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.444,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44389,
    "c": 0.22685,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E27C9

secondary

#BCD07C

accent

#EA3DC1

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E27C9

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

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