#4E22BC#4E22BC

#4E22BC is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.217 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E22BC
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 188)
HSL	hsl(257, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(257, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 81.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.39, 56.27, -72.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.39, 91.68, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.0586 -0.2085)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.217 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7883, 6.3938, 48.1275)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E22BC #90BC22

analogous

#2243BC #4E22BC #9B22BC

triadic

#4E22BC #BC4E22 #22BC4E

tetradic

#4E22BC #BC2243 #90BC22 #22BC9B

square

#4E22BC #BC2243 #90BC22 #22BC9B

split-complementary

#4E22BC #BC9B22 #43BC22

monochromatic

#230F54 #381988 #4E22BC #6C3FDC #9473E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#4E22BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E22BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E22BC

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E22BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E22BC	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E5171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e22bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.217 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d64d2',
    500: '#4e22bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e22bc;
$custom-light: #8d64d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e22bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42562,
    "c": 0.21659,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E22BC

secondary

#B1CD6D

accent

#EC3CBA

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0E0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E22BC

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