#422A40#422A40

#422A40 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.050 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422A40
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(305, 22%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(305, 36%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.77, 15.44, -9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.77, 18.08, 328.61°)
OKLab	oklab(32.31% 0.0433 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(32.31% 0.05 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0001, 3.1845, 5.2535)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422A40 #2A422C

analogous

#382A42 #422A40 #422A34

triadic

#422A40 #40422A #2A4042

tetradic

#422A40 #42382A #2A422C #2A3442

square

#422A40 #42382A #2A422C #2A3442

split-complementary

#422A40 #34422A #2A4238

monochromatic

#130C12 #1D121C #422A40 #674264 #8D5A89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.83

#422A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#422A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422A40

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422A40	1.00	12.83	1.64	12.83
#FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#293041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F333F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442C32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.050 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776474',
    500: '#422a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422a40;
$custom-light: #776474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32309,
    "c": 0.0502,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422A40

secondary

#547357

accent

#BF7069

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDEAED

border

#C8C6C8

text

#080508

muted

#7B797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #422A40

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

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