#4A226E#4A226E

#4A226E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.127 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A226E
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 110)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 69%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 69.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.74, 34.39, -36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.74, 50.38, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(34.9% 0.0726 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(34.9% 0.127 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2099, 3.7257, 15.1408)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A226E #466E22

analogous

#24226E #4A226E #6E226C

triadic

#4A226E #6E4A22 #226E4A

tetradic

#4A226E #6E2422 #466E22 #226C6E

square

#4A226E #6E2422 #466E22 #226C6E

split-complementary

#4A226E #6C6E22 #226E24

monochromatic

#100717 #2B143F #4A226E #69309D #8945C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#4A226E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4A226E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A226E

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A226E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A226E	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B366C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a226e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.127 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806098',
    500: '#4a226e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a226e;
$custom-light: #806098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a226e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.349,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A226E

secondary

#74A14A

accent

#DC4C90

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A226E

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

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