#4227A5#4227A5

#4227A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.187 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4227A5
RGB	rgb(66, 39, 165)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 76.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.64, 46.04, -63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.64, 78.18, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% 0.0442 -0.1821)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.187 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7617, 5.3253, 36.1035)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4227A5 #8AA527

analogous

#274BA5 #4227A5 #8127A5

triadic

#4227A5 #A54227 #27A542

tetradic

#4227A5 #A5274B #8AA527 #27A581

square

#4227A5 #A5274B #8AA527 #27A581

split-complementary

#4227A5 #A58127 #4BA527

monochromatic

#1A1042 #2E1B74 #4227A5 #5939D0 #836ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#4227A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4227A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4227A5

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4227A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4227A5	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4227a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 39, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.187 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8365c1',
    500: '#4227a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4227a5;
$custom-light: #8365c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4227a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39668,
    "c": 0.18739,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4227A5

secondary

#AEC266

accent

#E543C2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4227A5

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

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