#44238D#44238D

#44238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.163 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44238D
RGB	rgb(68, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.81, 41.30, -53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.81, 67.29, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0566 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.163 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7913, 4.3538, 25.6240)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44238D #6C8D23

analogous

#23378D #44238D #79238D

triadic

#44238D #8D4423 #238D44

tetradic

#44238D #8D2337 #6C8D23 #238D79

square

#44238D #8D2337 #6C8D23 #238D79

split-complementary

#44238D #8D7923 #378D23

monochromatic

#150B2B #2C175C #44238D #5C2FBE #7D55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#44238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#44238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #44238D

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##44238D	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.163 290.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.679,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37019,
    "c": 0.16272,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44238D

secondary

#99B953

accent

#E344B2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #44238D

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

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