#422AA8#422AA8

#422AA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.188 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422AA8
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 75%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 45.39, -63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 78.14, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0414 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.188 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1404, 5.6406, 37.5926)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422AA8 #90A82A

analogous

#2A51A8 #422AA8 #812AA8

triadic

#422AA8 #A8422A #2AA842

tetradic

#422AA8 #A82A51 #90A82A #2AA881

square

#422AA8 #A82A51 #90A82A #2AA881

split-complementary

#422AA8 #A8812A #51A82A

monochromatic

#1C1246 #2F1E77 #422AA8 #5B40CF #8571DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#422AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#422AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422AA8

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422AA8	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.188 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367c3',
    500: '#422aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422aa8;
$custom-light: #8367c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40352,
    "c": 0.18795,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422AA8

secondary

#B2C36B

accent

#E345C5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422AA8

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

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