#4E21A7#4E21A7

#4E21A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.194 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E21A7
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 167)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 80.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.11, 51.00, -63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.11, 81.51, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0662 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.194 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6588, 5.4970, 37.0511)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E21A7 #7AA721

analogous

#2137A7 #4E21A7 #9121A7

triadic

#4E21A7 #A74E21 #21A74E

tetradic

#4E21A7 #A72137 #7AA721 #21A791

square

#4E21A7 #A72137 #7AA721 #21A791

split-complementary

#4E21A7 #A79121 #37A721

monochromatic

#1E0D41 #361774 #4E21A7 #672FD6 #8D62E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#4E21A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E21A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E21A7

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E21A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E21A7	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e21a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.194 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63c2',
    500: '#4e21a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e21a7;
$custom-light: #8a63c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e21a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.149,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40348,
    "c": 0.19447,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E21A7

secondary

#A3C55F

accent

#EA3EB0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E21A7

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

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