#422AA2#422AA2

#422AA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.181 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422AA2
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.91, 43.56, -60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.91, 74.90, 305.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.77% 0.0428 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(39.77% 0.181 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5943, 5.4222, 34.7164)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422AA2 #8AA22A

analogous

#2A4EA2 #422AA2 #7E2AA2

triadic

#422AA2 #A2422A #2AA242

tetradic

#422AA2 #A22A4E #8AA22A #2AA27E

square

#422AA2 #A22A4E #8AA22A #2AA27E

split-complementary

#422AA2 #A27E2A #4EA22A

monochromatic

#1A1141 #2E1D71 #422AA2 #593DCD #836DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#422AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#422AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422AA2

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422AA2	1.00	10.07	2.08	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#074B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.181 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266bf',
    500: '#422aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422aa2;
$custom-light: #8266bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39765,
    "c": 0.18069,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422AA2

secondary

#AEC068

accent

#E246C3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422AA2

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

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