#4522B4#4522B4

#4522B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.209 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4522B4
RGB	rgb(69, 34, 180)
HSL	hsl(254, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 81.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.65, 53.11, -70.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.65, 88.28, 306.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0474 -0.2033)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.209 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2619, 5.7038, 43.6786)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4522B4 #91B422

analogous

#2248B4 #4522B4 #8E22B4

triadic

#4522B4 #B44522 #22B445

tetradic

#4522B4 #B42248 #91B422 #22B48E

square

#4522B4 #B42248 #91B422 #22B48E

split-complementary

#4522B4 #B48E22 #48B422

monochromatic

#1E0F4D #311881 #4522B4 #603ADA #896DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#4522B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4522B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4522B4

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4522B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4522B4	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4522b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 34, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.209 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763cc',
    500: '#4522b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4522b4;
$custom-light: #8763cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4522b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.384,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40903,
    "c": 0.2088,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4522B4

secondary

#B2CA68

accent

#EB3DC1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4522B4

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

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