#4A21B2#4A21B2

#4A21B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.207 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A21B2
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 178)
HSL	hsl(257, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 81.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.79, 53.52, -69.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.79, 87.39, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% 0.0563 -0.199)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.207 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4013, 5.7572, 42.6213)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A21B2 #89B221

analogous

#2140B2 #4A21B2 #9321B2

triadic

#4A21B2 #B24A21 #21B24A

tetradic

#4A21B2 #B22140 #89B221 #21B293

square

#4A21B2 #B22140 #89B221 #21B293

split-complementary

#4A21B2 #B29321 #40B221

monochromatic

#1F0E4B #35177E #4A21B2 #6536DA #8C6AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#4A21B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4A21B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A21B2

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A21B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A21B2	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#104D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a21b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.207 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963ca',
    500: '#4a21b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a21b2;
$custom-light: #8963ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a21b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.966,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41055,
    "c": 0.20682,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A21B2

secondary

#ADC966

accent

#EC3CBA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A21B2

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

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