#4E21A5#4E21A5

#4E21A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.192 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E21A5
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 165)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 80%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.91, 50.46, -62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.91, 80.48, 308.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.15% 0.0669 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(40.15% 0.192 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4753, 5.4236, 36.0849)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E21A5 #78A521

analogous

#2136A5 #4E21A5 #9021A5

triadic

#4E21A5 #A54E21 #21A54E

tetradic

#4E21A5 #A52136 #78A521 #21A590

square

#4E21A5 #A52136 #78A521 #21A590

split-complementary

#4E21A5 #A59021 #36A521

monochromatic

#1E0D3F #361772 #4E21A5 #672ED5 #8C61DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#4E21A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E21A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E21A5

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E21A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E21A5	1.00	10.07	2.08	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e21a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.192 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963c1',
    500: '#4e21a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e21a5;
$custom-light: #8963c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e21a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.455,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40151,
    "c": 0.19226,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E21A5

secondary

#A1C45E

accent

#EA3EAF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E21A5

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

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