#4A227D#4A227D

#4A227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.145 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A227D
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 38.41, -44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 58.77, 310.81°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% 0.0704 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.145 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.0968, 4.0805, 19.8118)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.89

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A227D #557D22

analogous

#22277D #4A227D #77227D

triadic

#4A227D #7D4A22 #227D4A

tetradic

#4A227D #7D2227 #557D22 #227D77

square

#4A227D #7D2227 #557D22 #227D77

split-complementary

#4A227D #7D7722 #277D22

monochromatic

#11081D #2E154D #4A227D #662FAD #854BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#4A227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A227D

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A227D	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.145 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161a3',
    500: '#4a227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a227d;
$custom-light: #8161a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.374,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36129,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A227D

secondary

#83B04B

accent

#E0479D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A227D

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

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