#4226B9#4226B9

#4226B9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.212 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4226B9
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 185)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 79.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.53, 52.44, -72.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.53, 89.11, 306.05°)
OKLab	oklab(41.6% 0.0392 -0.2079)
OKLCH	oklch(41.6% 0.212 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6941, 6.0464, 46.4404)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4226B9 #9DB926

analogous

#2653B9 #4226B9 #8B26B9

triadic

#4226B9 #B94226 #26B942

tetradic

#4226B9 #B92653 #9DB926 #26B98B

square

#4226B9 #B92653 #9DB926 #26B98B

split-complementary

#4226B9 #B98B26 #53B926

monochromatic

#1E1153 #301C86 #4226B9 #6044D9 #8B76E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#4226B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4226B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4226B9

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4226B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4226B9	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4226b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.212 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665cf',
    500: '#4226b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4226b9;
$custom-light: #8665cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4226b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.416,
    "c": 0.21162,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4226B9

secondary

#B9CA70

accent

#E93FC8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4226B9

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

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