#4A227C#4A227C

#4A227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.144 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A227C
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 38.13, -43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 58.21, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% 0.0706 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.144 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0332, 4.0551, 19.4770)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A227C #547C22

analogous

#22277C #4A227C #77227C

triadic

#4A227C #7C4A22 #227C4A

tetradic

#4A227C #7C2227 #547C22 #227C77

square

#4A227C #7C2227 #547C22 #227C77

split-complementary

#4A227C #7C7722 #277C22

monochromatic

#11081C #2D154C #4A227C #672FAC #854BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#4A227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4A227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A227C

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A227C	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.144 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161a3',
    500: '#4a227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a227c;
$custom-light: #8161a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36044,
    "c": 0.14397,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A227C

secondary

#82AF4B

accent

#E0489C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A227C

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

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