#422B68#422B68

#422B68 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.103 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422B68
RGB	rgb(66, 43, 104)
HSL	hsl(263, 41%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(263, 59%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 58.7%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 25.31, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 40.89, 308.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.93% 0.0489 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(34.93% 0.103 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6087, 3.8854, 13.5485)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422B68 #51682B

analogous

#2B3368 #422B68 #612B68

triadic

#422B68 #68422B #2B6842

tetradic

#422B68 #682B33 #51682B #2B6861

square

#422B68 #682B33 #51682B #2B6861

split-complementary

#422B68 #68612B #33682B

monochromatic

#0E0916 #27193D #422B68 #5D3D93 #7A55B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#422B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#422B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422B68

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422B68	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10386A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 43, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.103 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796593',
    500: '#422b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422b68;
$custom-light: #796593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.623,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34931,
    "c": 0.10324,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422B68

secondary

#809A55

accent

#D156A3

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#09050D

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #422B68

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

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