#4A22B4#4A22B4

#4A22B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.208 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A22B4
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 180)
HSL	hsl(256, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 81.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.14, 53.65, -69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.14, 87.95, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.36% 0.0551 -0.2008)
OKLCH	oklch(41.36% 0.208 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6318, 5.8945, 43.6960)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A22B4 #8CB422

analogous

#2243B4 #4A22B4 #9322B4

triadic

#4A22B4 #B44A22 #22B44A

tetradic

#4A22B4 #B42243 #8CB422 #22B493

square

#4A22B4 #B42243 #8CB422 #22B493

split-complementary

#4A22B4 #B49322 #43B422

monochromatic

#200F4D #351881 #4A22B4 #653ADA #8D6DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4A22B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4A22B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A22B4

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A22B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A22B4	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A4E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a22b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.208 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64cc',
    500: '#4a22b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a22b4;
$custom-light: #8a64cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a22b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.438,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41361,
    "c": 0.20821,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A22B4

secondary

#AFCA68

accent

#EB3DBB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A22B4

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

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