#422AA9#422AA9

#422AA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.189 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422AA9
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 45.69, -64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 78.67, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0411 -0.1846)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.189 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2339, 5.6780, 38.0851)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422AA9 #91A92A

analogous

#2A51A9 #422AA9 #822AA9

triadic

#422AA9 #A9422A #2AA942

tetradic

#422AA9 #A92A51 #91A92A #2AA982

square

#422AA9 #A92A51 #91A92A #2AA982

split-complementary

#422AA9 #A9822A #51A92A

monochromatic

#1C1247 #2F1E78 #422AA9 #5C41D0 #8672DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#422AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#422AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422AA9

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422AA9	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.189 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367c4',
    500: '#422aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422aa9;
$custom-light: #8367c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.339,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40451,
    "c": 0.18916,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422AA9

secondary

#B3C36C

accent

#E344C5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422AA9

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

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