#4A22AE#4A22AE

#4A22AE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.202 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A22AE
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 80.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 51.99, -67.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 84.90, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% 0.0571 -0.1933)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.202 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0338, 5.6553, 40.5464)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A22AE #86AE22

analogous

#2240AE #4A22AE #9022AE

triadic

#4A22AE #AE4A22 #22AE4A

tetradic

#4A22AE #AE2240 #86AE22 #22AE90

square

#4A22AE #AE2240 #86AE22 #22AE90

split-complementary

#4A22AE #AE9022 #40AE22

monochromatic

#1E0E48 #34187B #4A22AE #6436D8 #8B69E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4A22AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4A22AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A22AE

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A22AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A22AE	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#184C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a22ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.202 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963c7',
    500: '#4a22ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a22ae;
$custom-light: #8963c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a22ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40748,
    "c": 0.20154,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A22AE

secondary

#ABC764

accent

#EA3EB9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A22AE

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

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