#422B8A#422B8A

#422B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.149 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422B8A
RGB	rgb(66, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.92, 35.61, -49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.92, 60.93, 305.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.68% 0.0466 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(37.68% 0.149 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6967, 4.7206, 24.5454)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422B8A #738A2B

analogous

#2B448A #422B8A #712B8A

triadic

#422B8A #8A422B #2B8A42

tetradic

#422B8A #8A2B44 #738A2B #2B8A71

square

#422B8A #8A2B44 #738A2B #2B8A71

split-complementary

#422B8A #8A712B #448A2B

monochromatic

#150E2D #2C1C5B #422B8A #583AB9 #7C61CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#422B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#422B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422B8A

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422B8A	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.149 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e66ad',
    500: '#422b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422b8a;
$custom-light: #7e66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.526,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37681,
    "c": 0.1493,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422B8A

secondary

#9FB45D

accent

#DC4CB9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #422B8A

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

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