#4E21A9#4E21A9

#4E21A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.197 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E21A9
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 169)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 80.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 51.55, -64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 82.54, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.0656 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.197 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8451, 5.5715, 38.0324)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E21A9 #7CA921

analogous

#2138A9 #4E21A9 #9221A9

triadic

#4E21A9 #A94E21 #21A94E

tetradic

#4E21A9 #A92138 #7CA921 #21A992

square

#4E21A9 #A92138 #7CA921 #21A992

split-complementary

#4E21A9 #A99221 #38A921

monochromatic

#1F0D43 #361776 #4E21A9 #6731D7 #8D64E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#4E21A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E21A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E21A9

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E21A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E21A9	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e21a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.197 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63c4',
    500: '#4e21a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e21a9;
$custom-light: #8a63c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e21a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.853,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40545,
    "c": 0.19667,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E21A9

secondary

#A4C660

accent

#EA3EB1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E21A9

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

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