#4B22B4#4B22B4

#4B22B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.208 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B22B4
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 180)
HSL	hsl(257, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 81.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 53.76, -69.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 87.88, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.46% 0.0566 -0.2003)
OKLCH	oklch(41.46% 0.208 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7094, 5.9345, 43.6996)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B22B4 #8BB422

analogous

#2242B4 #4B22B4 #9422B4

triadic

#4B22B4 #B44B22 #22B44B

tetradic

#4B22B4 #B42242 #8BB422 #22B494

square

#4B22B4 #B42242 #8BB422 #22B494

split-complementary

#4B22B4 #B49422 #42B422

monochromatic

#200F4D #361881 #4B22B4 #663ADA #8E6DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4B22B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4B22B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B22B4

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B22B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B22B4	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#114E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b22b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.208 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64cc',
    500: '#4b22b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b22b4;
$custom-light: #8a64cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b22b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.849,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41456,
    "c": 0.20811,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B22B4

secondary

#AECA68

accent

#EB3DBA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B22B4

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

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