#4A227E#4A227E

#4A227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.146 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A227E
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 38.68, -44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 59.32, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% 0.0702 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.146 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1610, 4.1062, 20.1499)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A227E #567E22

analogous

#22287E #4A227E #78227E

triadic

#4A227E #7E4A22 #227E4A

tetradic

#4A227E #7E2228 #567E22 #227E78

square

#4A227E #7E2228 #567E22 #227E78

split-complementary

#4A227E #7E7822 #287E22

monochromatic

#11081E #2E154E #4A227E #662FAE #854CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#4A227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A227E

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A227E	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.146 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a4',
    500: '#4a227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a227e;
$custom-light: #8261a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36215,
    "c": 0.14635,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A227E

secondary

#85B14B

accent

#E1479E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A227E

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

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