#4A229F#4A229F

#4A229F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.185 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A229F
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 47.82, -60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 77.14, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.25% 0.0618 -0.174)
OKLCH	oklch(39.25% 0.185 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6523, 5.1027, 33.2705)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A229F #779F22

analogous

#22389F #4A229F #88229F

triadic

#4A229F #9F4A22 #229F4A

tetradic

#4A229F #9F2238 #779F22 #229F88

square

#4A229F #9F2238 #779F22 #229F88

split-complementary

#4A229F #9F8822 #389F22

monochromatic

#1B0C3A #33176D #4A229F #612DD1 #875FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#4A229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4A229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A229F

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A229F	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.185 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662bc',
    500: '#4a229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a229f;
$custom-light: #8662bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39254,
    "c": 0.18467,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A229F

secondary

#A1C15B

accent

#E840B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A229F

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

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