#44157B#44157B

#44157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.157 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44157B
RGB	rgb(68, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.81, 42.90, -48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.81, 64.63, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(33.7% 0.0737 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(33.7% 0.157 298)
XYZ	xyz(6.2263, 3.1952, 19.0238)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44157B #4C7B15

analogous

#15197B #44157B #77157B

triadic

#44157B #7B4415 #157B44

tetradic

#44157B #7B1519 #4C7B15 #157B77

square

#44157B #7B1519 #4C7B15 #157B77

split-complementary

#44157B #7B7715 #197B15

monochromatic

#0E041A #270C47 #44157B #611EAF #7E2FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.81

#44157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#44157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #44157B

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##44157B	1.00	12.81	1.64	12.81
#FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.157 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e59a2',
    500: '#44157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44157b;
$custom-light: #7e59a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.647,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33698,
    "c": 0.15683,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.03195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44157B

secondary

#7AB03B

accent

#EE3A9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #44157B

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

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