#422C8E#422C8E

#422C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.153 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422C8E
RGB	rgb(66, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.48, 36.27, -51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.48, 62.59, 305.41°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.045 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.153 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0285, 4.9122, 26.1111)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422C8E #788E2C

analogous

#2C478E #422C8E #732C8E

triadic

#422C8E #8E422C #2C8E42

tetradic

#422C8E #8E2C47 #788E2C #2C8E73

square

#422C8E #8E2C47 #788E2C #2C8E73

split-complementary

#422C8E #8E732C #478E2C

monochromatic

#170F31 #2C1E5F #422C8E #583ABD #7D65CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#422C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#422C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422C8E

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422C8E	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.153 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e67b0',
    500: '#422c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422c8e;
$custom-light: #7e67b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.469,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3819,
    "c": 0.15321,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422C8E

secondary

#A2B660

accent

#DC4CBC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #422C8E

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

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