#221822#221822

#221822 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.6% C 0.024 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#221822
RGB	rgb(34, 24, 34)
HSL	hsl(300, 17%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(300, 29%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 0%, 86.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.87, 7.30, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.87, 8.85, 325.65°)
OKLab	oklab(22.58% 0.0202 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(22.58% 0.024 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.2750, 1.1089, 1.6599)
Luminance	0.0111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#221822 #182218

analogous

#1D1822 #221822 #22181D

triadic

#221822 #222218 #182222

tetradic

#221822 #221D18 #182218 #181D22

square

#221822 #221D18 #182218 #181D22

split-complementary

#221822 #1D2218 #18221D

monochromatic

#120D12 #120D12 #221822 #463146 #6A4B6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.19

#221822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#221822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #221822

17.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##221822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##221822	1.00	17.19	1.22	17.19
#FFFFFF	17.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23191B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #221822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 24, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.6% 0.024 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d545d',
    500: '#221822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #221822;
$custom-light: #5d545d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#221822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.241,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22584,
    "c": 0.02423,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#221822

secondary

#425442

accent

#BA6E6E

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7E9

border

#C5C3C5

text

#040204

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #221822

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

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