#422AB2#422AB2

#422AB2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.200 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422AB2
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 178)
HSL	hsl(251, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 76.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.48, 48.41, -67.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.48, 83.44, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.35% 0.0388 -0.1961)
OKLCH	oklch(41.35% 0.2 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1081, 6.0277, 42.6890)
Luminance	0.0603 (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

#422AB2 #9AB22A

analogous

#2A56B2 #422AB2 #862AB2

triadic

#422AB2 #B2422A #2AB242

tetradic

#422AB2 #B22A56 #9AB22A #2AB286

square

#422AB2 #B22A56 #9AB22A #2AB286

split-complementary

#422AB2 #B2862A #56B22A

monochromatic

#1D134F #301E80 #422AB2 #5F46D3 #8A77DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#422AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#422AB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422AB2

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422AB2	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.200 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567ca',
    500: '#422ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ab2;
$custom-light: #8567ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41352,
    "c": 0.19989,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422AB2

secondary

#B8C771

accent

#E543C8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422AB2

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

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