#4A227A#4A227A

#4A227A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.142 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A227A
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 122)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 72.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.69, 37.59, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.69, 57.10, 311.18°)
OKLab	oklab(35.88% 0.0709 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(35.88% 0.142 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9081, 4.0050, 18.8177)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.08

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A227A #527A22

analogous

#22267A #4A227A #76227A

triadic

#4A227A #7A4A22 #227A4A

tetradic

#4A227A #7A2226 #527A22 #227A76

square

#4A227A #7A2226 #527A22 #227A76

split-complementary

#4A227A #7A7622 #267A22

monochromatic

#10071A #2D154A #4A227A #672FAA #854ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#4A227A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4A227A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A227A

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A227A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A227A	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a227a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.142 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8160a1',
    500: '#4a227a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a227a;
$custom-light: #8160a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a227a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35875,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A227A

secondary

#80AD4B

accent

#E0489B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A227A

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

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