#422AAA#422AAA

#422AAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.190 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422AAA
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 170)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 46.00, -64.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 79.21, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(40.55% 0.0409 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(40.55% 0.19 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3282, 5.7157, 38.5814)
Luminance	0.0572 (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

#422AAA #92AA2A

analogous

#2A52AA #422AAA #822AAA

triadic

#422AAA #AA422A #2AAA42

tetradic

#422AAA #AA2A52 #92AA2A #2AAA82

square

#422AAA #AA2A52 #92AA2A #2AAA82

split-complementary

#422AAA #AA822A #52AA2A

monochromatic

#1C1248 #2F1E79 #422AAA #5C41D0 #8672DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#422AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#422AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422AAA

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422AAA	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.190 282.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4055,
    "c": 0.19037,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422AAA

secondary

#B3C36C

accent

#E444C6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422AAA

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

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