#422B9A#422B9A

#422B9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.170 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422B9A
RGB	rgb(66, 43, 154)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 72.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.35, 40.55, -56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.35, 69.94, 305.44°)
OKLab	oklab(39.14% 0.0437 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(39.14% 0.17 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9416, 5.2186, 31.1017)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422B9A #839A2B

analogous

#2B4B9A #422B9A #792B9A

triadic

#422B9A #9A422B #2B9A42

tetradic

#422B9A #9A2B4B #839A2B #2B9A79

square

#422B9A #9A2B4B #839A2B #2B9A79

split-complementary

#422B9A #9A792B #4B9A2B

monochromatic

#19103A #2D1E6A #422B9A #583AC8 #806AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#422B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#422B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422B9A

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422B9A	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 43, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.170 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8067b9',
    500: '#422b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422b9a;
$custom-light: #8067b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.432,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3914,
    "c": 0.16969,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422B9A

secondary

#AABC65

accent

#E048C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422B9A

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

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