#422AA6#422AA6

#422AA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.186 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422AA6
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 166)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 44.78, -62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 77.06, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0418 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.186 283)
XYZ	xyz(9.9555, 5.5667, 36.6189)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422AA6 #8EA62A

analogous

#2A50A6 #422AA6 #802AA6

triadic

#422AA6 #A6422A #2AA642

tetradic

#422AA6 #A62A50 #8EA62A #2AA680

square

#422AA6 #A62A50 #8EA62A #2AA680

split-complementary

#422AA6 #A6802A #50A62A

monochromatic

#1B1144 #2F1E75 #422AA6 #5B3FCE #8470DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#422AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#422AA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422AA6

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422AA6	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.186 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266c2',
    500: '#422aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422aa6;
$custom-light: #8266c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.613,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40155,
    "c": 0.18555,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.05567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422AA6

secondary

#B1C26A

accent

#E345C4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422AA6

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

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