#422C73#422C73

#422C73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.117 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422C73
RGB	rgb(66, 44, 115)
HSL	hsl(259, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 61.7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.31, 27.95, -37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.31, 46.81, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.93% 0.0476 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(35.93% 0.117 294)
XYZ	xyz(6.2411, 4.1973, 16.6977)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422C73 #5D732C

analogous

#2C3973 #422C73 #652C73

triadic

#422C73 #73422C #2C7342

tetradic

#422C73 #732C39 #5D732C #2C7365

square

#422C73 #732C39 #5D732C #2C7365

split-complementary

#422C73 #73652C #39732C

monochromatic

#0F0A1A #291B47 #422C73 #5B3D9F #795AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#422C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#422C73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422C73

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422C73	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 44, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.117 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a669c',
    500: '#422c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422c73;
$custom-light: #7a669c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.592,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35934,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.04197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422C73

secondary

#8CA556

accent

#D453AC

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09060E

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #422C73

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

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