#422C8A#422C8A

#422C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.148 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422C8A
RGB	rgb(66, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(254, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(254, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 35.02, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 60.30, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(37.84% 0.0456 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(37.84% 0.148 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7336, 4.7942, 24.5577)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422C8A #748A2C

analogous

#2C458A #422C8A #712C8A

triadic

#422C8A #8A422C #2C8A42

tetradic

#422C8A #8A2C45 #748A2C #2C8A71

square

#422C8A #8A2C45 #748A2C #2C8A71

split-complementary

#422C8A #8A712C #458A2C

monochromatic

#160E2D #2C1D5C #422C8A #583BB8 #7C63CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#422C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#422C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422C8A

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422C8A	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.148 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d67ad',
    500: '#422c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422c8a;
$custom-light: #7d67ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.043,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37837,
    "c": 0.14799,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422C8A

secondary

#A0B45E

accent

#DB4DBA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #422C8A

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

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