#4A228A#4A228A

#4A228A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.160 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A228A
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 75.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.06, 41.98, -50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.06, 65.91, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0676 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.16 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9823, 4.4347, 24.4752)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A228A #628A22

analogous

#222E8A #4A228A #7E228A

triadic

#4A228A #8A4A22 #228A4A

tetradic

#4A228A #8A222E #628A22 #228A7E

square

#4A228A #8A222E #628A22 #228A7E

split-complementary

#4A228A #8A7E22 #2E8A22

monochromatic

#150A28 #301659 #4A228A #642EBB #8452D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#4A228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4A228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A228A

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A228A	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.160 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ad',
    500: '#4a228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a228a;
$custom-light: #8361ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37274,
    "c": 0.16048,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A228A

secondary

#90B850

accent

#E444A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A228A

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

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