#4C21AE#4C21AE

#4C21AE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.202 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C21AE
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 174)
HSL	hsl(258, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 81%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 52.66, -67.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 85.22, 308.16°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% 0.0608 -0.1929)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.202 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1621, 5.6796, 40.5443)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C21AE #83AE21

analogous

#213CAE #4C21AE #9221AE

triadic

#4C21AE #AE4C21 #21AE4C

tetradic

#4C21AE #AE213C #83AE21 #21AE92

square

#4C21AE #AE213C #83AE21 #21AE92

split-complementary

#4C21AE #AE9221 #3CAE21

monochromatic

#1F0D47 #36177B #4C21AE #6634D8 #8D67E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4C21AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4C21AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C21AE

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C21AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C21AE	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c21ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.202 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63c7',
    500: '#4c21ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c21ae;
$custom-light: #8a63c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c21ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.298,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40842,
    "c": 0.20225,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C21AE

secondary

#A9C863

accent

#EB3DB6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C21AE

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

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