#4821AE#4821AE

#4821AE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.203 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4821AE
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 81%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.17, 52.19, -67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.17, 85.49, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0546 -0.1951)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.203 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8540, 5.5208, 40.5299)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4821AE #87AE21

analogous

#2140AE #4821AE #8E21AE

triadic

#4821AE #AE4821 #21AE48

tetradic

#4821AE #AE2140 #87AE21 #21AE8E

square

#4821AE #AE2140 #87AE21 #21AE8E

split-complementary

#4821AE #AE8E21 #40AE21

monochromatic

#1D0D47 #33177B #4821AE #6134D8 #8967E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#4821AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4821AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4821AE

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4821AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4821AE	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E4C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4821ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.203 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863c7',
    500: '#4821ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4821ae;
$custom-light: #8863c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4821ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.596,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40453,
    "c": 0.20257,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4821AE

secondary

#ACC863

accent

#EB3DBB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4821AE

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

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