#4228B9#4228B9

#4228B9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.210 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4228B9
RGB	rgb(66, 40, 185)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 78.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, 51.49, -71.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 88.12, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.0381 -0.2064)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.21 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7597, 6.1777, 46.4622)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.30

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4228B9 #9FB928

analogous

#2856B9 #4228B9 #8B28B9

triadic

#4228B9 #B94228 #28B942

tetradic

#4228B9 #B92856 #9FB928 #28B98B

square

#4228B9 #B92856 #9FB928 #28B98B

split-complementary

#4228B9 #B98B28 #56B928

monochromatic

#1E1254 #301D87 #4228B9 #6147D7 #8C79E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4228B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4228B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4228B9

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4228B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4228B9	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4228b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 40, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.210 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666cf',
    500: '#4228b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4228b9;
$custom-light: #8666cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4228b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.759,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41828,
    "c": 0.20989,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4228B9

secondary

#BACA73

accent

#E740C9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4228B9

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

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