#422A72#422A72

#422A72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.119 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422A72
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 114)
HSL	hsl(260, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 63.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.77, 28.90, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.77, 47.57, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(35.51% 0.0502 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(35.51% 0.119 295)
XYZ	xyz(6.1112, 4.0290, 16.3720)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422A72 #5A722A

analogous

#2A3672 #422A72 #662A72

triadic

#422A72 #72422A #2A7242

tetradic

#422A72 #722A36 #5A722A #2A7266

square

#422A72 #722A36 #5A722A #2A7266

split-complementary

#422A72 #72662A #36722A

monochromatic

#0E0919 #281A45 #422A72 #5C3A9F #7956C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#422A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#422A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422A72

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422A72	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.119 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a659b',
    500: '#422a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422a72;
$custom-light: #7a659b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35511,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422A72

secondary

#89A454

accent

#D652AA

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #422A72

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

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