#4D228E#4D228E

#4D228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.165 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D228E
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.79, 43.60, -52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.79, 67.93, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.0712 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.165 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5138, 4.6746, 26.0397)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D228E #638E22

analogous

#222D8E #4D228E #83228E

triadic

#4D228E #8E4D22 #228E4D

tetradic

#4D228E #8E222D #638E22 #228E83

square

#4D228E #8E222D #638E22 #228E83

split-complementary

#4D228E #8E8322 #2D8E22

monochromatic

#170A2B #32165D #4D228E #682EBF #8854D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#4D228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4D228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D228E

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D228E	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.165 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b0',
    500: '#4d228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d228e;
$custom-light: #8562b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.889,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37981,
    "c": 0.16534,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D228E

secondary

#90BA52

accent

#E443A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D228E

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

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