#422AAE#422AAE

#422AAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.195 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422AAE
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 75.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 47.21, -66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 81.33, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.0399 -0.191)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.195 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7123, 5.8694, 40.6046)
Luminance	0.0587 (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

#422AAE #96AE2A

analogous

#2A54AE #422AAE #842AAE

triadic

#422AAE #AE422A #2AAE42

tetradic

#422AAE #AE2A54 #96AE2A #2AAE84

square

#422AAE #AE2A54 #96AE2A #2AAE84

split-complementary

#422AAE #AE842A #54AE2A

monochromatic

#1D124B #2F1E7D #422AAE #5D43D2 #8875DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#422AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#422AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422AAE

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422AAE	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.195 281.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40949,
    "c": 0.19514,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422AAE

secondary

#B5C56F

accent

#E444C7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422AAE

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

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