#422CA6#422CA6

#422CA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.183 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422CA6
RGB	rgb(66, 44, 166)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 43.70, -62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 75.93, 305.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% 0.0403 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.183 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0282, 5.7121, 36.6431)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422CA6 #90A62C

analogous

#2C53A6 #422CA6 #7F2CA6

triadic

#422CA6 #A6422C #2CA642

tetradic

#422CA6 #A62C53 #90A62C #2CA67F

square

#422CA6 #A62C53 #90A62C #2CA67F

split-complementary

#422CA6 #A67F2C #53A62C

monochromatic

#1C1245 #2F1F76 #422CA6 #5B42CD #8573DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#422CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#422CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422CA6

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422CA6	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 44, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.183 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8268c2',
    500: '#422ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ca6;
$custom-light: #8268c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.82,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40426,
    "c": 0.18343,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422CA6

secondary

#B2C16D

accent

#E146C5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422CA6

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

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