#4A228B#4A228B

#4A228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.162 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A228B
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.15, 42.26, -51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.15, 66.46, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0673 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.162 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0550, 4.4638, 24.8583)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A228B #638B22

analogous

#222F8B #4A228B #7F228B

triadic

#4A228B #8B4A22 #228B4A

tetradic

#4A228B #8B222F #638B22 #228B7F

square

#4A228B #8B222F #638B22 #228B7F

split-complementary

#4A228B #8B7F22 #2F8B22

monochromatic

#160A29 #30165A #4A228B #642EBC #8453D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#4A228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4A228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A228B

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A228B	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.162 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ae',
    500: '#4a228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a228b;
$custom-light: #8361ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37365,
    "c": 0.16165,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A228B

secondary

#91B850

accent

#E444A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A228B

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

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