#4224B4#4224B4

#4224B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.208 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4224B4
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 180)
HSL	hsl(253, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 80%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 51.91, -70.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 87.53, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(40.85% 0.0418 -0.2033)
OKLCH	oklch(40.85% 0.208 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.1133, 5.7145, 43.6885)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4224B4 #96B424

analogous

#244EB4 #4224B4 #8A24B4

triadic

#4224B4 #B44224 #24B442

tetradic

#4224B4 #B4244E #96B424 #24B48A

square

#4224B4 #B4244E #96B424 #24B48A

split-complementary

#4224B4 #B48A24 #4EB424

monochromatic

#1D104E #2F1A81 #4224B4 #5D3DD8 #8870E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4224B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4224B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4224B4

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4224B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4224B4	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00506C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4224b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.208 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664cc',
    500: '#4224b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4224b4;
$custom-light: #8664cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4224b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40854,
    "c": 0.2076,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4224B4

secondary

#B5C96B

accent

#EA3EC6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4224B4

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

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