#422A9E#422A9E

#422A9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.176 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422A9E
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 158)
HSL	hsl(252, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(252, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 73.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.52, 42.34, -59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.52, 72.72, 305.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.38% 0.0437 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(39.38% 0.176 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2444, 5.2822, 32.8736)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422A9E #869E2A

analogous

#2A4C9E #422A9E #7C2A9E

triadic

#422A9E #9E422A #2A9E42

tetradic

#422A9E #9E2A4C #869E2A #2A9E7C

square

#422A9E #9E2A4C #869E2A #2A9E7C

split-complementary

#422A9E #9E7C2A #4C9E2A

monochromatic

#1A103D #2E1D6E #422A9E #583ACB #816BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#422A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#422A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422A9E

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422A9E	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#114A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.176 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166bc',
    500: '#422a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422a9e;
$custom-light: #8166bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39379,
    "c": 0.17577,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422A9E

secondary

#ACBE66

accent

#E147C1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422A9E

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

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