#4E21C3#4E21C3

#4E21C3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.225 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E21C3
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 195)
HSL	hsl(257, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 83.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, 58.55, -75.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 95.55, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.0567 -0.2176)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.225 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5331, 6.6467, 52.1890)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E21C3 #96C321

analogous

#2145C3 #4E21C3 #9F21C3

triadic

#4E21C3 #C34E21 #21C34E

tetradic

#4E21C3 #C32145 #96C321 #21C39F

square

#4E21C3 #C32145 #96C321 #21C39F

split-complementary

#4E21C3 #C39F21 #45C321

monochromatic

#240F5A #39188F #4E21C3 #6E42DF #9677E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#4E21C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E21C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E21C3

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E21C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E21C3	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e21c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.225 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e65d7',
    500: '#4e21c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e21c3;
$custom-light: #8e65d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e21c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43195,
    "c": 0.22488,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E21C3

secondary

#B5CF71

accent

#EE3ABC

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E21C3

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

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