#422579#422579

#422579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.135 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422579
RGB	rgb(66, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 33.97, -43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 54.93, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% 0.0556 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.135 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3586, 3.8617, 18.4958)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422579 #5C7925

analogous

#253279 #422579 #6C2579

triadic

#422579 #794225 #257942

tetradic

#422579 #792532 #5C7925 #25796C

square

#422579 #792532 #5C7925 #25796C

split-complementary

#422579 #796C25 #327925

monochromatic

#0F081B #28174A #422579 #5C33A8 #794FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#422579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#422579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422579

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422579	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.135 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c62a0',
    500: '#422579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422579;
$custom-light: #7c62a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.714,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35281,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422579

secondary

#8BAB4E

accent

#DD4BAA

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #422579

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

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