#4D228D#4D228D

#4D228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.164 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D228D
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.70, 43.33, -51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.70, 67.40, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.89% 0.0715 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(37.89% 0.164 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4390, 4.6447, 25.6460)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D228D #628D22

analogous

#222D8D #4D228D #83228D

triadic

#4D228D #8D4D22 #228D4D

tetradic

#4D228D #8D222D #628D22 #228D83

square

#4D228D #8D222D #628D22 #228D83

split-complementary

#4D228D #8D8322 #2D8D22

monochromatic

#170A2A #32165C #4D228D #682EBE #8854D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#4D228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4D228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D228D

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D228D	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.164 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562af',
    500: '#4d228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d228d;
$custom-light: #8562af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.112,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37891,
    "c": 0.16419,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D228D

secondary

#90B951

accent

#E444A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D228D

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

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