#422BAA#422BAA

#422BAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.189 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422BAA
RGB	rgb(66, 43, 170)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 45.47, -64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 78.65, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0402 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.189 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.3641, 5.7876, 38.5934)
Luminance	0.0579 (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

#422BAA #93AA2B

analogous

#2B54AA #422BAA #822BAA

triadic

#422BAA #AA422B #2BAA42

tetradic

#422BAA #AA2B54 #93AA2B #2BAA82

square

#422BAA #AA2B54 #93AA2B #2BAA82

split-complementary

#422BAA #AA822B #54AA2B

monochromatic

#1C1248 #2F1F79 #422BAA #5C43CF #8774DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#422BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#422BAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422BAA

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422BAA	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 43, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.189 282.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.866,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40682,
    "c": 0.18935,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422BAA

secondary

#B4C36E

accent

#E345C6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422BAA

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

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