#4A21AE#4A21AE

#4A21AE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.202 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A21AE
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 81%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.38, 52.42, -67.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.38, 85.36, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% 0.0577 -0.194)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.202 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0056, 5.5989, 40.5370)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A21AE #85AE21

analogous

#213EAE #4A21AE #9021AE

triadic

#4A21AE #AE4A21 #21AE4A

tetradic

#4A21AE #AE213E #85AE21 #21AE90

square

#4A21AE #AE213E #85AE21 #21AE90

split-complementary

#4A21AE #AE9021 #3EAE21

monochromatic

#1E0D47 #34177B #4A21AE #6434D8 #8B67E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#4A21AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4A21AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A21AE

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A21AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A21AE	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#184B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a21ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.202 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963c7',
    500: '#4a21ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a21ae;
$custom-light: #8963c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a21ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.447,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40646,
    "c": 0.2024,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A21AE

secondary

#AAC863

accent

#EB3DB8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A21AE

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

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