#4D228C#4D228C

#4D228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.163 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D228C
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.61, 43.06, -51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.61, 66.86, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0717 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.163 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3650, 4.6151, 25.2559)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D228C #618C22

analogous

#222C8C #4D228C #82228C

triadic

#4D228C #8C4D22 #228C4D

tetradic

#4D228C #8C222C #618C22 #228C82

square

#4D228C #8C222C #618C22 #228C82

split-complementary

#4D228C #8C8222 #2C8C22

monochromatic

#170A2A #32165B #4D228C #682EBD #8853D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#4D228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4D228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D228C

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D228C	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.163 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562ae',
    500: '#4d228c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d228c;
$custom-light: #8562ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.34,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37801,
    "c": 0.16305,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D228C

secondary

#8FB951

accent

#E444A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D228C

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

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