#4F27A5#4F27A5

#4F27A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.186 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F27A5
RGB	rgb(79, 39, 165)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 76.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 47.85, -60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 77.48, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% 0.0639 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.186 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7395, 5.8294, 36.1493)
Luminance	0.0583 (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

#4F27A5 #7DA527

analogous

#273EA5 #4F27A5 #8E27A5

triadic

#4F27A5 #A54F27 #27A54F

tetradic

#4F27A5 #A5273E #7DA527 #27A58E

square

#4F27A5 #A5273E #7DA527 #27A58E

split-complementary

#4F27A5 #A58E27 #3EA527

monochromatic

#201042 #371B74 #4F27A5 #6939D0 #8F6ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4F27A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4F27A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F27A5

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F27A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F27A5	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f27a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 39, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.186 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66c1',
    500: '#4f27a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f27a5;
$custom-light: #8a66c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f27a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.048,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40924,
    "c": 0.18642,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F27A5

secondary

#A5C266

accent

#E543B1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F27A5

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

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