#422A8B#422A8B

#422A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.152 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422A8B
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 139)
HSL	hsl(255, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 69.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.80, 36.50, -50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.80, 62.13, 305.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.0474 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.152 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7336, 4.6779, 24.9165)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422A8B #738B2A

analogous

#2A438B #422A8B #722A8B

triadic

#422A8B #8B422A #2A8B42

tetradic

#422A8B #8B2A43 #738B2A #2A8B72

square

#422A8B #8B2A43 #738B2A #2A8B72

split-complementary

#422A8B #8B722A #438B2A

monochromatic

#150E2D #2C1C5C #422A8B #5838BA #7C60CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#422A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#422A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422A8B

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422A8B	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.152 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e65ae',
    500: '#422a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422a8b;
$custom-light: #7e65ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.845,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37616,
    "c": 0.15187,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422A8B

secondary

#9FB55C

accent

#DD4BB9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #422A8B

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

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