#422496#422496

#422496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.173 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422496
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.63, 43.12, -57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.63, 71.75, 306.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.81% 0.0504 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(37.81% 0.173 287)
XYZ	xyz(8.3810, 4.6216, 29.2987)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422496 #789624

analogous

#243F96 #422496 #7B2496

triadic

#422496 #964224 #249642

tetradic

#422496 #96243F #789624 #24967B

square

#422496 #96243F #789624 #24967B

split-complementary

#422496 #967B24 #3F9624

monochromatic

#170C33 #2C1865 #422496 #5830C7 #7D5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#422496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#422496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422496

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422496	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.173 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062b6',
    500: '#422496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422496;
$custom-light: #8062b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37807,
    "c": 0.17254,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.04622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422496

secondary

#A2BD59

accent

#E443BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #422496

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

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