#422A68#422A68

#422A68 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.105 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422A68
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 104)
HSL	hsl(263, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(263, 60%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 59.6%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.05, 25.95, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.05, 41.59, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.75% 0.0503 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(34.75% 0.105 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.5728, 3.8136, 13.5365)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422A68 #50682A

analogous

#2A3168 #422A68 #612A68

triadic

#422A68 #68422A #2A6842

tetradic

#422A68 #682A31 #50682A #2A6861

square

#422A68 #682A31 #50682A #2A6861

split-complementary

#422A68 #68612A #31682A

monochromatic

#0E0916 #26183C #422A68 #5E3C94 #7B53B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#422A68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#422A68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422A68

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422A68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422A68	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E376A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422a68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.105 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796493',
    500: '#422a68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422a68;
$custom-light: #796493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422a68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34751,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422A68

secondary

#7F9A54

accent

#D256A2

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#09050D

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #422A68

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

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