#422AB5#422AB5

#422AB5 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.203 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422AB5
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 181)
HSL	hsl(250, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(250, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 76.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.79, 49.32, -69.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.79, 85.01, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.0381 -0.1998)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.203 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4126, 6.1495, 44.2927)
Luminance	0.0615 (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

#422AB5 #9DB52A

analogous

#2A57B5 #422AB5 #872AB5

triadic

#422AB5 #B5422A #2AB542

tetradic

#422AB5 #B52A57 #9DB52A #2AB587

square

#422AB5 #B52A57 #9DB52A #2AB587

split-complementary

#422AB5 #B5872A #57B52A

monochromatic

#1E1352 #301E83 #422AB5 #6048D4 #8B79E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#422AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#422AB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422AB5

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422AB5	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00536E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.203 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567cc',
    500: '#422ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ab5;
$custom-light: #8567cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.36,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41656,
    "c": 0.20342,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422AB5

secondary

#B9C873

accent

#E542C9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0614

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422AB5

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

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