#422BB4#422BB4

#422BB4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.201 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422BB4
RGB	rgb(66, 43, 180)
HSL	hsl(250, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(250, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, 48.51, -68.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 83.96, 305.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% 0.0377 -0.1977)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.201 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3463, 6.1804, 43.7662)
Luminance	0.0618 (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

#422BB4 #9DB42B

analogous

#2B58B4 #422BB4 #862BB4

triadic

#422BB4 #B4422B #2BB442

tetradic

#422BB4 #B42B58 #9DB42B #2BB486

square

#422BB4 #B42B58 #9DB42B #2BB486

split-complementary

#422BB4 #B4862B #58B42B

monochromatic

#1E1351 #301F83 #422BB4 #6049D3 #8B7ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#422BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#422BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422BB4

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422BB4	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00536E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 43, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.201 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568cc',
    500: '#422bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422bb4;
$custom-light: #8568cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.073,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4168,
    "c": 0.2013,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422BB4

secondary

#B9C773

accent

#E543C9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422BB4

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

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