#4A228D#4A228D

#4A228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.164 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A228D
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 42.81, -52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 67.54, 309.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.55% 0.0668 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(37.55% 0.164 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2025, 4.5227, 25.6349)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.14

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A228D #658D22

analogous

#22308D #4A228D #80228D

triadic

#4A228D #8D4A22 #228D4A

tetradic

#4A228D #8D2230 #658D22 #228D80

square

#4A228D #8D2230 #658D22 #228D80

split-complementary

#4A228D #8D8022 #308D22

monochromatic

#160A2A #30165C #4A228D #642EBE #8454D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#4A228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4A228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A228D

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A228D	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.164 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361af',
    500: '#4a228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a228d;
$custom-light: #8361af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.43,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37548,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A228D

secondary

#93B951

accent

#E444A8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A228D

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

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