#422A97#422A97

#422A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.167 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422A97
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 151)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.87, 40.19, -55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.87, 68.87, 305.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0452 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.167 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6590, 5.0481, 29.7903)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422A97 #7F972A

analogous

#2A4897 #422A97 #782A97

triadic

#422A97 #97422A #2A9742

tetradic

#422A97 #972A48 #7F972A #2A9778

square

#422A97 #972A48 #7F972A #2A9778

split-complementary

#422A97 #97782A #48972A

monochromatic

#180F37 #2D1D67 #422A97 #5737C7 #7F67D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#422A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#422A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422A97

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422A97	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.167 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066b7',
    500: '#422a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422a97;
$custom-light: #8066b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.211,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38716,
    "c": 0.16709,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422A97

secondary

#A7BB62

accent

#E048BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #422A97

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

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