#4228B7#4228B7

#4228B7 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.208 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4228B7
RGB	rgb(66, 40, 183)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 78.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.65, 50.90, -70.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.65, 87.09, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% 0.0387 -0.2039)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.208 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5501, 6.0938, 45.3581)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4228B7 #9DB728

analogous

#2855B7 #4228B7 #8928B7

triadic

#4228B7 #B74228 #28B742

tetradic

#4228B7 #B72855 #9DB728 #28B789

square

#4228B7 #B72855 #9DB728 #28B789

split-complementary

#4228B7 #B78928 #55B728

monochromatic

#1E1253 #301D85 #4228B7 #6046D6 #8B78E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#4228B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4228B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4228B7

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4228B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4228B7	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4228b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 40, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.208 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666ce',
    500: '#4228b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4228b7;
$custom-light: #8666ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4228b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41621,
    "c": 0.20759,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4228B7

secondary

#B9C972

accent

#E741C9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4228B7

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

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