#4E21A6#4E21A6

#4E21A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.193 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E21A6
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 166)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 80.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.01, 50.73, -63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.01, 81.00, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.25% 0.0666 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(40.25% 0.193 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5667, 5.4601, 36.5661)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E21A6 #79A621

analogous

#2137A6 #4E21A6 #9121A6

triadic

#4E21A6 #A64E21 #21A64E

tetradic

#4E21A6 #A62137 #79A621 #21A691

square

#4E21A6 #A62137 #79A621 #21A691

split-complementary

#4E21A6 #A69121 #37A621

monochromatic

#1E0D40 #361773 #4E21A6 #672FD6 #8C62E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#4E21A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E21A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E21A6

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E21A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E21A6	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e21a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.193 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63c2',
    500: '#4e21a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e21a6;
$custom-light: #8a63c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e21a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.301,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40249,
    "c": 0.19335,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E21A6

secondary

#A2C55E

accent

#EA3EB0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E21A6

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