#422C8B#422C8B

#422C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.149 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422C8B
RGB	rgb(66, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(254, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(254, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 35.33, -49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 60.87, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.0454 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.149 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8063, 4.8233, 24.9408)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422C8B #758B2C

analogous

#2C458B #422C8B #712C8B

triadic

#422C8B #8B422C #2C8B42

tetradic

#422C8B #8B2C45 #758B2C #2C8B71

square

#422C8B #8B2C45 #758B2C #2C8B71

split-complementary

#422C8B #8B712C #458B2C

monochromatic

#160F2E #2C1D5D #422C8B #583BB9 #7C64CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#422C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#422C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422C8B

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422C8B	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.149 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e67ae',
    500: '#422c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422c8b;
$custom-light: #7e67ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.895,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37925,
    "c": 0.1493,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422C8B

secondary

#A0B45F

accent

#DB4CBA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #422C8B

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

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