#4A21CA#4A21CA

#4A21CA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.233 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A21CA
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 202)
HSL	hsl(255, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(255, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 83.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, 60.07, -79.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 99.24, 307.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% 0.0481 -0.2279)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.233 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0252, 6.8068, 56.4404)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A21CA #A1CA21

analogous

#214CCA #4A21CA #9E21CA

triadic

#4A21CA #CA4A21 #21CA4A

tetradic

#4A21CA #CA214C #A1CA21 #21CA9E

square

#4A21CA #CA214C #A1CA21 #21CA9E

split-complementary

#4A21CA #CA9E21 #4CCA21

monochromatic

#231061 #371895 #4A21CA #6D47E1 #967CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#4A21CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4A21CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A21CA

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A21CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A21CA	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a21ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.233 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e65dc',
    500: '#4a21ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a21ca;
$custom-light: #8e65dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a21ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.556,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43581,
    "c": 0.23292,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A21CA

secondary

#BBD275

accent

#EF39C3

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A21CA

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

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