#4522C9#4522C9

#4522C9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.232 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4522C9
RGB	rgb(69, 34, 201)
HSL	hsl(253, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(253, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 83.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.94, 58.98, -79.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.94, 98.69, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.0405 -0.2284)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.232 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5655, 6.6252, 55.8109)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4522C9 #A6C922

analogous

#2252C9 #4522C9 #9822C9

triadic

#4522C9 #C94522 #22C945

tetradic

#4522C9 #C92252 #A6C922 #22C998

square

#4522C9 #C92252 #A6C922 #22C998

split-complementary

#4522C9 #C99822 #52C922

monochromatic

#211060 #331995 #4522C9 #6848E0 #937CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#4522C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4522C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4522C9

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4522C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4522C9	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4522c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 34, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.232 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b65db',
    500: '#4522c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4522c9;
$custom-light: #8b65db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4522c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.575,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43148,
    "c": 0.23199,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4522C9

secondary

#BED176

accent

#EE3AC8

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4522C9

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

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