#422B97#422B97

#422B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.166 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422B97
RGB	rgb(66, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.07, 39.63, -55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.07, 68.27, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% 0.0443 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.166 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6949, 5.1199, 29.8022)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422B97 #80972B

analogous

#2B4A97 #422B97 #782B97

triadic

#422B97 #97422B #2B9742

tetradic

#422B97 #972B4A #80972B #2B9778

square

#422B97 #972B4A #80972B #2B9778

split-complementary

#422B97 #97782B #4A972B

monochromatic

#181038 #2D1D67 #422B97 #5739C7 #7F68D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#422B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#422B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422B97

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422B97	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.166 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066b7',
    500: '#422b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422b97;
$custom-light: #8066b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.778,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3886,
    "c": 0.16593,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422B97

secondary

#A8BB63

accent

#DF49BF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #422B97

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

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