#4E21A0#4E21A0

#4E21A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.187 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E21A0
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 160)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 79.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.42, 49.11, -60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.42, 77.90, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% 0.0685 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.187 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0291, 5.2451, 33.7349)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E21A0 #73A021

analogous

#2133A0 #4E21A0 #8D21A0

triadic

#4E21A0 #A04E21 #21A04E

tetradic

#4E21A0 #A02133 #73A021 #21A08D

square

#4E21A0 #A02133 #73A021 #21A08D

split-complementary

#4E21A0 #A08D21 #33A021

monochromatic

#1D0C3B #35176D #4E21A0 #672BD3 #8B5EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4E21A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E21A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E21A0

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E21A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E21A0	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e21a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.187 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962bd',
    500: '#4e21a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e21a0;
$custom-light: #8962bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e21a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.26,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39665,
    "c": 0.18671,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E21A0

secondary

#9EC25B

accent

#E93FAD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E21A0

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

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