#422BA4#422BA4

#422BA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.182 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422BA4
RGB	rgb(66, 43, 164)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 73.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 43.63, -61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 75.42, 305.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% 0.0416 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.182 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8094, 5.5657, 35.6721)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422BA4 #8DA42B

analogous

#2B50A4 #422BA4 #7E2BA4

triadic

#422BA4 #A4422B #2BA442

tetradic

#422BA4 #A42B50 #8DA42B #2BA47E

square

#422BA4 #A42B50 #8DA42B #2BA47E

split-complementary

#422BA4 #A47E2B #50A42B

monochromatic

#1B1243 #2E1E74 #422BA4 #5A3FCD #8470D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#422BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#422BA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422BA4

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422BA4	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#014C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 43, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.182 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8267c0',
    500: '#422ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ba4;
$custom-light: #8267c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.405,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40095,
    "c": 0.18206,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422BA4

secondary

#B0C16A

accent

#E246C4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422BA4

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

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