#4A22B3#4A22B3

#4A22B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.207 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A22B3
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 179)
HSL	hsl(257, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 81%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, 53.37, -69.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 87.44, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% 0.0554 -0.1995)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.207 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5303, 5.8539, 43.1614)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A22B3 #8BB322

analogous

#2242B3 #4A22B3 #9322B3

triadic

#4A22B3 #B34A22 #22B34A

tetradic

#4A22B3 #B32242 #8BB322 #22B393

square

#4A22B3 #B32242 #8BB322 #22B393

split-complementary

#4A22B3 #B39322 #42B322

monochromatic

#1F0E4C #351880 #4A22B3 #6539D9 #8D6CE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#4A22B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A22B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A22B3

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A22B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A22B3	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D4E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a22b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.207 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964cb',
    500: '#4a22b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a22b3;
$custom-light: #8964cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a22b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41259,
    "c": 0.2071,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A22B3

secondary

#AEC968

accent

#EB3DBB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A22B3

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