#422CA4#422CA4

#422CA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.181 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422CA4
RGB	rgb(66, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 43.09, -61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 74.84, 305.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.0408 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.181 283)
XYZ	xyz(9.8462, 5.6393, 35.6844)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.52

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422CA4 #8EA42C

analogous

#2C52A4 #422CA4 #7E2CA4

triadic

#422CA4 #A4422C #2CA442

tetradic

#422CA4 #A42C52 #8EA42C #2CA47E

square

#422CA4 #A42C52 #8EA42C #2CA47E

split-complementary

#422CA4 #A47E2C #52A42C

monochromatic

#1B1243 #2F1F74 #422CA4 #5B41CC #8471D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#422CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#422CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422CA4

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422CA4	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.181 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8268c0',
    500: '#422ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ca4;
$custom-light: #8268c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40233,
    "c": 0.18098,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.0564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422CA4

secondary

#B1C06B

accent

#E147C5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422CA4

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

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