#4E22A6#4E22A6

#4E22A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.192 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E22A6
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 166)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 79.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.16, 50.30, -62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.16, 80.53, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0659 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.192 290)
XYZ	xyz(10.5949, 5.5165, 36.5755)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E22A6 #7AA622

analogous

#2238A6 #4E22A6 #9022A6

triadic

#4E22A6 #A64E22 #22A64E

tetradic

#4E22A6 #A62238 #7AA622 #22A690

square

#4E22A6 #A62238 #7AA622 #22A690

split-complementary

#4E22A6 #A69022 #38A622

monochromatic

#1E0D40 #361873 #4E22A6 #6730D5 #8D63DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#4E22A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E22A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E22A6

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E22A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E22A6	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e22a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.192 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963c2',
    500: '#4e22a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e22a6;
$custom-light: #8963c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e22a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40354,
    "c": 0.19245,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.05517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E22A6

secondary

#A3C45F

accent

#E93FB0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E22A6

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

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