#422AA4#422AA4

#422AA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.183 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422AA4
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.10, 44.17, -61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.10, 75.99, 305.54°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% 0.0423 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.183 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7735, 5.4939, 35.6602)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422AA4 #8CA42A

analogous

#2A4FA4 #422AA4 #7F2AA4

triadic

#422AA4 #A4422A #2AA442

tetradic

#422AA4 #A42A4F #8CA42A #2AA47F

square

#422AA4 #A42A4F #8CA42A #2AA47F

split-complementary

#422AA4 #A47F2A #4FA42A

monochromatic

#1B1143 #2E1E73 #422AA4 #5A3ECD #846EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#422AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#422AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422AA4

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422AA4	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#014C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.183 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266c0',
    500: '#422aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422aa4;
$custom-light: #8266c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.803,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3996,
    "c": 0.18312,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422AA4

secondary

#B0C169

accent

#E245C4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422AA4

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

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