#4A22B1#4A22B1

#4A22B1 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.205 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A22B1
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 177)
HSL	hsl(257, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 80.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.83, 52.82, -68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.83, 86.43, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.0561 -0.1971)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.205 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3295, 5.7735, 42.1039)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A22B1 #89B122

analogous

#2242B1 #4A22B1 #9222B1

triadic

#4A22B1 #B14A22 #22B14A

tetradic

#4A22B1 #B12242 #89B122 #22B192

square

#4A22B1 #B12242 #89B122 #22B192

split-complementary

#4A22B1 #B19222 #42B122

monochromatic

#1F0E4A #35187E #4A22B1 #6538D9 #8C6BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#4A22B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4A22B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A22B1

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A22B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A22B1	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#124D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a22b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.205 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963ca',
    500: '#4a22b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a22b1;
$custom-light: #8963ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a22b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.783,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41054,
    "c": 0.20488,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A22B1

secondary

#ADC966

accent

#EB3DBA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A22B1

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

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