#44237E#44237E

#44237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.144 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44237E
RGB	rgb(68, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 36.96, -45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 58.94, 308.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.06 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.144 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7498, 3.9372, 20.1389)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44237E #5D7E23

analogous

#23307E #44237E #72237E

triadic

#44237E #7E4423 #237E44

tetradic

#44237E #7E2330 #5D7E23 #237E72

square

#44237E #7E2330 #5D7E23 #237E72

split-complementary

#44237E #7E7223 #307E23

monochromatic

#10081E #2A164E #44237E #5E30AE #7C4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#44237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#44237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #44237E

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##44237E	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.144 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61a4',
    500: '#44237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44237e;
$custom-light: #7e61a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.758,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35649,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44237E

secondary

#8CB04C

accent

#E048A9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #44237E

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

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