#422CA2#422CA2

#422CA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.179 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422CA2
RGB	rgb(66, 44, 162)
HSL	hsl(251, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 72.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 42.47, -60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 73.75, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% 0.0412 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.179 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6670, 5.5676, 34.7407)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422CA2 #8CA22C

analogous

#2C51A2 #422CA2 #7D2CA2

triadic

#422CA2 #A2422C #2CA242

tetradic

#422CA2 #A22C51 #8CA22C #2CA27D

square

#422CA2 #A22C51 #8CA22C #2CA27D

split-complementary

#422CA2 #A27D2C #51A22C

monochromatic

#1B1242 #2E1F72 #422CA2 #5A40CB #8470D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#422CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#422CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422CA2

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422CA2	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#064C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 44, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.179 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8267bf',
    500: '#422ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ca2;
$custom-light: #8267bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40041,
    "c": 0.17851,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422CA2

secondary

#B0BF6A

accent

#E147C4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422CA2

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

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