#422BA8#422BA8

#422BA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.187 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422BA8
RGB	rgb(66, 43, 168)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 74.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 44.86, -63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 77.58, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.0406 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.187 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1763, 5.7125, 37.6046)
Luminance	0.0571 (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

#422BA8 #91A82B

analogous

#2B53A8 #422BA8 #812BA8

triadic

#422BA8 #A8422B #2BA842

tetradic

#422BA8 #A82B53 #91A82B #2BA881

square

#422BA8 #A82B53 #91A82B #2BA881

split-complementary

#422BA8 #A8812B #53A82B

monochromatic

#1C1247 #2F1F77 #422BA8 #5C42CF #8672DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#422BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#422BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422BA8

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422BA8	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 43, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.187 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367c3',
    500: '#422ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ba8;
$custom-light: #8367c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.04,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40485,
    "c": 0.18693,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422BA8

secondary

#B3C26C

accent

#E245C6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422BA8

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

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