#4227BE#4227BE

#4227BE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.216 H 279.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4227BE
RGB	rgb(66, 39, 190)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 79.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.22, 53.43, -73.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.22, 91.16, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% 0.0373 -0.2132)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.216 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2636, 6.3260, 49.2800)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4227BE #A3BE27

analogous

#2758BE #4227BE #8D27BE

triadic

#4227BE #BE4227 #27BE42

tetradic

#4227BE #BE2758 #A3BE27 #27BE8D

square

#4227BE #BE2758 #A3BE27 #27BE8D

split-complementary

#4227BE #BE8D27 #58BE27

monochromatic

#1F1258 #301D8B #4227BE #6349DA #8E7BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#4227BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4227BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4227BE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4227BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4227BE	1.00	9.27	2.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4227be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 39, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.216 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766d3',
    500: '#4227be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4227be;
$custom-light: #8766d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4227be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.728,
    "s": 65.939,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42238,
    "c": 0.21648,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4227BE

secondary

#BCCC75

accent

#E93FCA

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1EBFA

border

#CBC6D3

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4227BE

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

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