#4E22C9#4E22C9

#4E22C9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.231 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E22C9
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 201)
HSL	hsl(256, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(256, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 83.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 59.78, -77.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 98.07, 307.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% 0.0541 -0.2242)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.231 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2533, 6.9798, 55.8432)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E22C9 #9DC922

analogous

#224AC9 #4E22C9 #A122C9

triadic

#4E22C9 #C94E22 #22C94E

tetradic

#4E22C9 #C9224A #9DC922 #22C9A1

square

#4E22C9 #C9224A #9DC922 #22C9A1

split-complementary

#4E22C9 #C9A122 #4AC922

monochromatic

#251060 #3A1995 #4E22C9 #7048E0 #997CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#4E22C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E22C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E22C9

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E22C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E22C9	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e22c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.231 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65db',
    500: '#4e22c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e22c9;
$custom-light: #8f65db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e22c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.808,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43914,
    "c": 0.23059,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E22C9

secondary

#B9D176

accent

#EE3ABE

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E22C9

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

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