#4E21A8#4E21A8

#4E21A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.196 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E21A8
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 168)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 80.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, 51.27, -64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 82.03, 308.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0659 -0.1841)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.196 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7516, 5.5341, 37.5399)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E21A8 #7BA821

analogous

#2138A8 #4E21A8 #9221A8

triadic

#4E21A8 #A84E21 #21A84E

tetradic

#4E21A8 #A82138 #7BA821 #21A892

square

#4E21A8 #A82138 #7BA821 #21A892

split-complementary

#4E21A8 #A89221 #38A821

monochromatic

#1F0D42 #361775 #4E21A8 #6730D6 #8D63E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#4E21A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E21A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E21A8

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E21A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E21A8	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e21a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.196 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63c3',
    500: '#4e21a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e21a8;
$custom-light: #8a63c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e21a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40446,
    "c": 0.19556,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E21A8

secondary

#A3C55F

accent

#EA3EB1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E21A8

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

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