#422B63#422B63

#422B63 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.096 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422B63
RGB	rgb(66, 43, 99)
HSL	hsl(265, 39%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 56.6%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 23.86, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 37.86, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(34.58% 0.0487 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(34.58% 0.096 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3622, 3.7868, 12.2504)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 8.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422B63 #4C632B

analogous

#2B3063 #422B63 #5E2B63

triadic

#422B63 #63422B #2B6342

tetradic

#422B63 #632B30 #4C632B #2B635E

square

#422B63 #632B30 #4C632B #2B635E

split-complementary

#422B63 #635E2B #30632B

monochromatic

#0E0915 #261838 #422B63 #5E3E8E #7C54B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#422B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#422B63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422B63

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422B63	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 43, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.096 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786590',
    500: '#422b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422b63;
$custom-light: #786590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.643,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34575,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422B63

secondary

#7B9555

accent

#CF589F

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EDEBF0

border

#C8C6CB

text

#09050C

muted

#7B7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #422B63

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

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