#4A228E#4A228E

#4A228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.165 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A228E
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.42, 43.09, -52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.42, 68.08, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% 0.0666 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.165 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2772, 4.5526, 26.0286)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.25

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A228E #668E22

analogous

#22308E #4A228E #80228E

triadic

#4A228E #8E4A22 #228E4A

tetradic

#4A228E #8E2230 #668E22 #228E80

square

#4A228E #8E2230 #668E22 #228E80

split-complementary

#4A228E #8E8022 #308E22

monochromatic

#170A2B #30165D #4A228E #642EBF #8454D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#4A228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4A228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A228E

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A228E	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.165 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461b0',
    500: '#4a228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a228e;
$custom-light: #8461b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3764,
    "c": 0.16514,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A228E

secondary

#93BA52

accent

#E443A9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A228E

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

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