#422A8A#422A8A

#422A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.151 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422A8A
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 69.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.71, 36.20, -49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.71, 61.56, 306.02°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0476 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.151 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6608, 4.6488, 24.5335)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422A8A #728A2A

analogous

#2A428A #422A8A #722A8A

triadic

#422A8A #8A422A #2A8A42

tetradic

#422A8A #8A2A42 #728A2A #2A8A72

square

#422A8A #8A2A42 #728A2A #2A8A72

split-complementary

#422A8A #8A722A #428A2A

monochromatic

#150D2C #2C1C5B #422A8A #5838B9 #7C60CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#422A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#422A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422A8A

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422A8A	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.151 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e65ad',
    500: '#422a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422a8a;
$custom-light: #7e65ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37527,
    "c": 0.15059,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422A8A

secondary

#9EB45B

accent

#DD4BB8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #422A8A

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

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