#44238C#44238C

#44238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.162 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44238C
RGB	rgb(68, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.72, 41.01, -52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.72, 66.74, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.93% 0.0569 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(36.93% 0.162 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7172, 4.3241, 25.2339)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44238C #6B8C23

analogous

#23378C #44238C #79238C

triadic

#44238C #8C4423 #238C44

tetradic

#44238C #8C2337 #6B8C23 #238C79

square

#44238C #8C2337 #6B8C23 #238C79

split-complementary

#44238C #8C7923 #378C23

monochromatic

#140B2A #2C175B #44238C #5C2FBD #7D55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#44238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#44238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #44238C

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##44238C	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.162 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8061af',
    500: '#44238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44238c;
$custom-light: #8061af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36925,
    "c": 0.16151,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44238C

secondary

#98B852

accent

#E345B1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #44238C

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

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