#4E21AE#4E21AE

#4E21AE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.202 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E21AE
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 174)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 81%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 52.90, -66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 85.09, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.04% 0.0639 -0.1918)
OKLCH	oklch(41.04% 0.202 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3235, 5.7628, 40.5519)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E21AE #81AE21

analogous

#213AAE #4E21AE #9421AE

triadic

#4E21AE #AE4E21 #21AE4E

tetradic

#4E21AE #AE213A #81AE21 #21AE94

square

#4E21AE #AE213A #81AE21 #21AE94

split-complementary

#4E21AE #AE9421 #3AAE21

monochromatic

#200D47 #37177B #4E21AE #6834D8 #8E67E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#4E21AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E21AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E21AE

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E21AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E21AE	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e21ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.202 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63c7',
    500: '#4e21ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e21ae;
$custom-light: #8b63c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e21ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41043,
    "c": 0.20215,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E21AE

secondary

#A8C863

accent

#EB3DB3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E21AE

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

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