#422AAC#422AAC

#422AAC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.193 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422AAC
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 172)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 75.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.88, 46.60, -65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.88, 80.27, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% 0.0404 -0.1885)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.193 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5188, 5.7920, 39.5854)
Luminance	0.0579 (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

#422AAC #94AC2A

analogous

#2A53AC #422AAC #832AAC

triadic

#422AAC #AC422A #2AAC42

tetradic

#422AAC #AC2A53 #94AC2A #2AAC83

square

#422AAC #AC2A53 #94AC2A #2AAC83

split-complementary

#422AAC #AC832A #53AC2A

monochromatic

#1C124A #2F1E7B #422AAC #5D42D1 #8773DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#422AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#422AAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422AAC

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422AAC	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.193 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467c6',
    500: '#422aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422aac;
$custom-light: #8467c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.077,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40749,
    "c": 0.19276,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422AAC

secondary

#B4C46D

accent

#E444C6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422AAC

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

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