#4A226A#4A226A

#4A226A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.122 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A226A
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 106)
HSL	hsl(273, 51%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 67.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 33.34, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 48.12, 313.85°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.073 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.122 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9970, 3.6406, 14.0196)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A226A #426A22

analogous

#26226A #4A226A #6A2266

triadic

#4A226A #6A4A22 #226A4A

tetradic

#4A226A #6A2622 #426A22 #22666A

square

#4A226A #6A2622 #426A22 #22666A

split-complementary

#4A226A #666A22 #226A26

monochromatic

#100717 #2A133C #4A226A #6A3198 #8A44C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#4A226A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4A226A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A226A

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A226A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A226A	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a226a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.122 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6095',
    500: '#4a226a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a226a;
$custom-light: #7f6095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a226a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34591,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A226A

secondary

#6F9E4A

accent

#DB4D8C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A226A

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

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