#4226B4#4226B4

#4226B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.206 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4226B4
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 180)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 78.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, 50.98, -69.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 86.55, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% 0.0407 -0.2018)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.206 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1755, 5.8389, 43.7093)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4226B4 #98B426

analogous

#2651B4 #4226B4 #8926B4

triadic

#4226B4 #B44226 #26B442

tetradic

#4226B4 #B42651 #98B426 #26B489

square

#4226B4 #B42651 #98B426 #26B489

split-complementary

#4226B4 #B48926 #51B426

monochromatic

#1D114F #2F1B81 #4226B4 #5E40D7 #8973E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4226B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4226B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4226B4

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4226B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4226B4	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4226b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.206 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565cc',
    500: '#4226b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4226b4;
$custom-light: #8565cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4226b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.831,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41078,
    "c": 0.20589,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4226B4

secondary

#B7C96D

accent

#E840C7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0614

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4226B4

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

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