#4D228B#4D228B

#4D228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.162 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D228B
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 42.79, -50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 66.32, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.072 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.162 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2916, 4.5857, 24.8694)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D228B #608B22

analogous

#222C8B #4D228B #82228B

triadic

#4D228B #8B4D22 #228B4D

tetradic

#4D228B #8B222C #608B22 #228B82

square

#4D228B #8B222C #608B22 #228B82

split-complementary

#4D228B #8B8222 #2C8B22

monochromatic

#170A29 #32165A #4D228B #682EBC #8853D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#4D228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4D228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D228B

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D228B	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.162 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562ae',
    500: '#4d228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d228b;
$custom-light: #8562ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37711,
    "c": 0.16189,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D228B

secondary

#8EB850

accent

#E444A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D228B

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

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