#422BA9#422BA9

#422BA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.188 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422BA9
RGB	rgb(66, 43, 169)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 74.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 45.16, -63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 78.12, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.58% 0.0404 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(40.58% 0.188 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2698, 5.7499, 38.0971)
Luminance	0.0575 (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

#422BA9 #92A92B

analogous

#2B53A9 #422BA9 #812BA9

triadic

#422BA9 #A9422B #2BA942

tetradic

#422BA9 #A92B53 #92A92B #2BA981

square

#422BA9 #A92B53 #92A92B #2BA981

split-complementary

#422BA9 #A9812B #53A92B

monochromatic

#1C1247 #2F1F78 #422BA9 #5C42CF #8673DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#422BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#422BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422BA9

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422BA9	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 43, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.188 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367c4',
    500: '#422ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ba9;
$custom-light: #8367c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.952,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40583,
    "c": 0.18814,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422BA9

secondary

#B3C36D

accent

#E345C6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422BA9

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

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