#4A228F#4A228F

#4A228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.166 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A228F
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 43.37, -53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 68.62, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.0663 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.166 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3526, 4.5828, 26.4258)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.37

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A228F #678F22

analogous

#22318F #4A228F #80228F

triadic

#4A228F #8F4A22 #228F4A

tetradic

#4A228F #8F2231 #678F22 #228F80

square

#4A228F #8F2231 #678F22 #228F80

split-complementary

#4A228F #8F8022 #318F22

monochromatic

#170A2C #30165E #4A228F #642EC0 #8455D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#4A228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4A228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A228F

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A228F	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.166 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461b1',
    500: '#4a228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a228f;
$custom-light: #8461b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.018,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37732,
    "c": 0.1663,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A228F

secondary

#94BA52

accent

#E543A9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A228F

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

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