#4225B3#4225B3

#4225B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.206 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4225B3
RGB	rgb(66, 37, 179)
HSL	hsl(252, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 79.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 51.16, -69.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 86.53, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.86% 0.0415 -0.2014)
OKLCH	oklch(40.86% 0.206 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0425, 5.7352, 43.1642)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4225B3 #96B325

analogous

#254FB3 #4225B3 #8925B3

triadic

#4225B3 #B34225 #25B342

tetradic

#4225B3 #B3254F #96B325 #25B389

square

#4225B3 #B3254F #96B325 #25B389

split-complementary

#4225B3 #B38925 #4FB325

monochromatic

#1D104E #2F1B80 #4225B3 #5D3ED7 #8871E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#4225B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4225B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4225B3

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4225B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4225B3	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00506C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4225b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 37, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.206 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564cb',
    500: '#4225b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4225b3;
$custom-light: #8564cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4225b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.254,
    "s": 65.741,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4086,
    "c": 0.20561,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4225B3

secondary

#B5C86B

accent

#E93FC6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4225B3

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

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