#422A42#422A42

#422A42 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.053 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422A42
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(300, 22%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(300, 36%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.86, 15.89, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.86, 19.12, 326.17°)
OKLab	oklab(32.41% 0.044 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(32.41% 0.053 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.0580, 3.2077, 5.5586)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422A42 #2A422A

analogous

#362A42 #422A42 #422A36

triadic

#422A42 #42422A #2A4242

tetradic

#422A42 #42362A #2A422A #2A3642

square

#422A42 #42362A #2A422A #2A3642

split-complementary

#422A42 #36422A #2A4236

monochromatic

#130C13 #1D121D #422A42 #674267 #8D5A8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.79

#422A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#422A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422A42

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422A42	1.00	12.79	1.64	12.79
#FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#283043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432C33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.053 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776476',
    500: '#422a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422a42;
$custom-light: #776476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32406,
    "c": 0.05259,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422A42

secondary

#547354

accent

#BF6969

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDEAED

border

#C8C6C8

text

#080508

muted

#7B797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #422A42

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

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