#4223B4#4223B4

#4223B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.208 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4223B4
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 180)
HSL	hsl(253, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 80.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.52, 52.36, -70.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.52, 88.01, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% 0.0423 -0.2041)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.208 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0834, 5.6548, 43.6786)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4223B4 #95B423

analogous

#234CB4 #4223B4 #8B23B4

triadic

#4223B4 #B44223 #23B442

tetradic

#4223B4 #B4234C #95B423 #23B48B

square

#4223B4 #B4234C #95B423 #23B48B

split-complementary

#4223B4 #B48B23 #4CB423

monochromatic

#1C0F4E #2F1981 #4223B4 #5D3BD9 #876EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4223B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4223B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4223B4

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4223B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4223B4	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4223b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.208 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663cc',
    500: '#4223b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4223b4;
$custom-light: #8663cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4223b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.828,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40746,
    "c": 0.20843,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4223B4

secondary

#B5C969

accent

#EA3DC5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4223B4

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

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