#422B60#422B60

#422B60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.092 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422B60
RGB	rgb(66, 43, 96)
HSL	hsl(266, 38%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(266, 55%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 55.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.76, 23.01, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.76, 36.04, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(34.37% 0.0484 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(34.37% 0.092 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2215, 3.7305, 11.5090)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422B60 #49602B

analogous

#2B2F60 #422B60 #5D2B60

triadic

#422B60 #60422B #2B6042

tetradic

#422B60 #602B2F #49602B #2B605D

square

#422B60 #602B2F #49602B #2B605D

split-complementary

#422B60 #605D2B #2F602B

monochromatic

#0F0915 #251836 #422B60 #5F3E8A #7C53B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#422B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#422B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422B60

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422B60	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193662

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20365F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3541

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 43, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.092 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78658d',
    500: '#422b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422b60;
$custom-light: #78658d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.038,
    "s": 38.129,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34368,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422B60

secondary

#779255

accent

#CE5A9C

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EDEBF0

border

#C8C6CB

text

#09050C

muted

#7B7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #422B60

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

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