#422AAD#422AAD

#422AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.194 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422AAD
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 173)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 75.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 46.90, -65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 80.80, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.85% 0.0401 -0.1898)
OKLCH	oklch(40.85% 0.194 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6152, 5.8306, 40.0931)
Luminance	0.0583 (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

#422AAD #95AD2A

analogous

#2A54AD #422AAD #832AAD

triadic

#422AAD #AD422A #2AAD42

tetradic

#422AAD #AD2A54 #95AD2A #2AAD83

square

#422AAD #AD2A54 #95AD2A #2AAD83

split-complementary

#422AAD #AD832A #54AD2A

monochromatic

#1C124B #2F1E7C #422AAD #5D43D1 #8774DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#422AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#422AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422AAD

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422AAD	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.194 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467c7',
    500: '#422aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422aad;
$custom-light: #8467c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.992,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40849,
    "c": 0.19395,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422AAD

secondary

#B5C56E

accent

#E444C7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422AAD

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

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