#4E22A8#4E22A8

#4E22A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.195 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E22A8
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 168)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 79.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.35, 50.84, -63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.35, 81.56, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.55% 0.0652 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(40.55% 0.195 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7797, 5.5904, 37.5493)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E22A8 #7CA822

analogous

#2239A8 #4E22A8 #9122A8

triadic

#4E22A8 #A84E22 #22A84E

tetradic

#4E22A8 #A82239 #7CA822 #22A891

square

#4E22A8 #A82239 #7CA822 #22A891

split-complementary

#4E22A8 #A89122 #39A822

monochromatic

#1F0D42 #361875 #4E22A8 #6732D5 #8D65E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#4E22A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E22A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E22A8

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E22A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E22A8	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e22a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.195 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63c3',
    500: '#4e22a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e22a8;
$custom-light: #8a63c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e22a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.701,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4055,
    "c": 0.19466,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E22A8

secondary

#A4C561

accent

#E93FB1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E22A8

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