#4D21C9#4D21C9

#4D21C9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.231 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D21C9
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 201)
HSL	hsl(256, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(256, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 83.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 60.06, -78.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 98.54, 307.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% 0.053 -0.2253)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.231 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1438, 6.8815, 55.8300)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D21C9 #9DC921

analogous

#2149C9 #4D21C9 #A121C9

triadic

#4D21C9 #C94D21 #21C94D

tetradic

#4D21C9 #C92149 #9DC921 #21C9A1

square

#4D21C9 #C92149 #9DC921 #21C9A1

split-complementary

#4D21C9 #C9A121 #49C921

monochromatic

#251060 #391894 #4D21C9 #6F46E1 #987BE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#4D21C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4D21C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D21C9

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D21C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D21C9	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d21c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.231 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65db',
    500: '#4d21c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d21c9;
$custom-light: #8f65db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d21c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.714,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43736,
    "c": 0.23142,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D21C9

secondary

#B9D175

accent

#EF39BF

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D21C9

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

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