#44238A#44238A

#44238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.159 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44238A
RGB	rgb(68, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.53, 40.43, -51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.53, 65.64, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0574 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.159 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5711, 4.2657, 24.4643)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44238A #698A23

analogous

#23368A #44238A #78238A

triadic

#44238A #8A4423 #238A44

tetradic

#44238A #8A2336 #698A23 #238A78

square

#44238A #8A2336 #698A23 #238A78

split-complementary

#44238A #8A7823 #368A23

monochromatic

#140A28 #2C1759 #44238A #5C2FBB #7D54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#44238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#44238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #44238A

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##44238A	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.159 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61ad',
    500: '#44238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44238a;
$custom-light: #7f61ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.223,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36739,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44238A

secondary

#97B751

accent

#E345B0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #44238A

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

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