#4E21A4#4E21A4

#4E21A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.191 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E21A4
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 164)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 79.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.81, 50.19, -62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.81, 79.97, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.05% 0.0672 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(40.05% 0.191 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3847, 5.3873, 35.6074)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E21A4 #77A421

analogous

#2135A4 #4E21A4 #8F21A4

triadic

#4E21A4 #A44E21 #21A44E

tetradic

#4E21A4 #A42135 #77A421 #21A48F

square

#4E21A4 #A42135 #77A421 #21A48F

split-complementary

#4E21A4 #A48F21 #35A421

monochromatic

#1E0C3E #361771 #4E21A4 #672DD5 #8C60DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#4E21A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E21A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E21A4

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E21A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E21A4	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e21a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.191 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962c0',
    500: '#4e21a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e21a4;
$custom-light: #8962c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e21a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.611,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40054,
    "c": 0.19115,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E21A4

secondary

#A1C45D

accent

#E93EAF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E21A4

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

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