#4A228C#4A228C

#4A228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.163 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A228C
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.24, 42.53, -51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.24, 67.00, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0671 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.163 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1284, 4.4931, 25.2448)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A228C #648C22

analogous

#222F8C #4A228C #7F228C

triadic

#4A228C #8C4A22 #228C4A

tetradic

#4A228C #8C222F #648C22 #228C7F

square

#4A228C #8C222F #648C22 #228C7F

split-complementary

#4A228C #8C7F22 #2F8C22

monochromatic

#160A2A #30165B #4A228C #642EBD #8453D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#4A228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4A228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A228C

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A228C	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.163 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361af',
    500: '#4a228c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a228c;
$custom-light: #8361af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.642,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37457,
    "c": 0.16281,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A228C

secondary

#92B951

accent

#E444A8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A228C

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

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