#4D21AE#4D21AE

#4D21AE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.202 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D21AE
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 174)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 81%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 52.78, -66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 85.15, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% 0.0624 -0.1923)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.202 288)
XYZ	xyz(11.2421, 5.7209, 40.5481)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D21AE #82AE21

analogous

#213CAE #4D21AE #9321AE

triadic

#4D21AE #AE4D21 #21AE4D

tetradic

#4D21AE #AE213C #82AE21 #21AE93

square

#4D21AE #AE213C #82AE21 #21AE93

split-complementary

#4D21AE #AE9321 #3CAE21

monochromatic

#1F0D47 #36177B #4D21AE #6734D8 #8E67E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#4D21AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4D21AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D21AE

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D21AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D21AE	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d21ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.202 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63c7',
    500: '#4d21ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d21ae;
$custom-light: #8a63c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d21ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.723,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40942,
    "c": 0.20219,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.05721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D21AE

secondary

#A8C863

accent

#EB3DB5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D21AE

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

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