#4A227F#4A227F

#4A227F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.148 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A227F
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 127)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 73.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.10, 38.95, -45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.10, 59.87, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.3% 0.07 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(36.3% 0.148 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2259, 4.1321, 20.4914)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.79

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A227F #577F22

analogous

#22297F #4A227F #79227F

triadic

#4A227F #7F4A22 #227F4A

tetradic

#4A227F #7F2229 #577F22 #227F79

square

#4A227F #7F2229 #577F22 #227F79

split-complementary

#4A227F #7F7922 #297F22

monochromatic

#12081E #2E154F #4A227F #662FAF #854CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#4A227F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4A227F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A227F

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A227F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A227F	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a227f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.148 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a5',
    500: '#4a227f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a227f;
$custom-light: #8261a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a227f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.806,
    "s": 57.764,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36301,
    "c": 0.14753,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A227F

secondary

#86B24B

accent

#E1479F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A227F

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

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