#422BAE#422BAE

#422BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.194 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422BAE
RGB	rgb(66, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.26, 46.69, -65.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.26, 80.79, 305.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% 0.0392 -0.1902)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.194 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7482, 5.9412, 40.6166)
Luminance	0.0594 (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

#422BAE #97AE2B

analogous

#2B56AE #422BAE #832BAE

triadic

#422BAE #AE422B #2BAE42

tetradic

#422BAE #AE2B56 #97AE2B #2BAE83

square

#422BAE #AE2B56 #97AE2B #2BAE83

split-complementary

#422BAE #AE832B #56AE2B

monochromatic

#1D134C #2F1F7D #422BAE #5E45D1 #8876DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#422BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#422BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422BAE

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422BAE	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.194 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467c7',
    500: '#422bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422bae;
$custom-light: #8467c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.534,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41078,
    "c": 0.19416,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422BAE

secondary

#B6C570

accent

#E444C8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422BAE

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

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