#44237D#44237D

#44237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.143 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44237D
RGB	rgb(68, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 36.67, -45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 58.38, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0601 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.143 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6856, 3.9115, 19.8008)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44237D #5C7D23

analogous

#232F7D #44237D #71237D

triadic

#44237D #7D4423 #237D44

tetradic

#44237D #7D232F #5C7D23 #237D71

square

#44237D #7D232F #5C7D23 #237D71

split-complementary

#44237D #7D7123 #2F7D23

monochromatic

#10081D #2A164D #44237D #5E30AD #7C4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#44237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#44237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #44237D

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##44237D	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.143 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61a3',
    500: '#44237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44237d;
$custom-light: #7e61a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35561,
    "c": 0.14318,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44237D

secondary

#8BAF4C

accent

#E048A8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #44237D

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

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