#422AB8#422AB8

#422AB8 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.207 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422AB8
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 184)
HSL	hsl(250, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(250, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 77.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.09, 50.21, -70.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.09, 86.57, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% 0.0373 -0.2035)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.207 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7237, 6.2740, 45.9313)
Luminance	0.0628 (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

#422AB8 #A0B82A

analogous

#2A59B8 #422AB8 #892AB8

triadic

#422AB8 #B8422A #2AB842

tetradic

#422AB8 #B82A59 #A0B82A #2AB889

square

#422AB8 #B82A59 #A0B82A #2AB889

split-complementary

#422AB8 #B8892A #59B82A

monochromatic

#1E1354 #301F86 #422AB8 #614AD6 #8D7BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#422AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#422AB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422AB8

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422AB8	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.207 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667cf',
    500: '#422ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ab8;
$custom-light: #8667cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.141,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41963,
    "c": 0.20694,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422AB8

secondary

#BBC975

accent

#E642CA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422AB8

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

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