#422AB9#422AB9

#422AB9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.208 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422AB9
RGB	rgb(66, 42, 185)
HSL	hsl(250, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 77.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.20, 50.51, -70.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.20, 87.09, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.037 -0.2048)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.208 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8289, 6.3160, 46.4853)
Luminance	0.0632 (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

#422AB9 #A1B92A

analogous

#2A5AB9 #422AB9 #8A2AB9

triadic

#422AB9 #B9422A #2AB942

tetradic

#422AB9 #B92A5A #A1B92A #2AB98A

square

#422AB9 #B92A5A #A1B92A #2AB98A

split-complementary

#422AB9 #B98A2A #5AB92A

monochromatic

#1E1355 #301F87 #422AB9 #624AD6 #8D7CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#422AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#422AB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422AB9

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422AB9	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 42, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.208 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667cf',
    500: '#422ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ab9;
$custom-light: #8667cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.07,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42065,
    "c": 0.20811,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422AB9

secondary

#BBCA75

accent

#E642CA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422AB9

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

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