#4E22A1#4E22A1

#4E22A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.187 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E22A1
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 161)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.67, 48.93, -60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.67, 77.94, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% 0.0674 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.187 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1451, 5.3366, 34.2068)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E22A1 #75A122

analogous

#2236A1 #4E22A1 #8D22A1

triadic

#4E22A1 #A14E22 #22A14E

tetradic

#4E22A1 #A12236 #75A122 #22A18D

square

#4E22A1 #A12236 #75A122 #22A18D

split-complementary

#4E22A1 #A18D22 #36A122

monochromatic

#1D0D3C #36176E #4E22A1 #672DD3 #8B60DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#4E22A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E22A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E22A1

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E22A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E22A1	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e22a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.187 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963be',
    500: '#4e22a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e22a1;
$custom-light: #8963be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e22a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.787,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39869,
    "c": 0.18688,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E22A1

secondary

#9FC25D

accent

#E840AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E22A1

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

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