#422CA8#422CA8

#422CA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.186 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422CA8
RGB	rgb(66, 44, 168)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 73.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 44.32, -62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 77.01, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.0399 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.186 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2131, 5.7861, 37.6168)
Luminance	0.0579 (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

#422CA8 #92A82C

analogous

#2C54A8 #422CA8 #802CA8

triadic

#422CA8 #A8422C #2CA842

tetradic

#422CA8 #A82C54 #92A82C #2CA880

square

#422CA8 #A82C54 #92A82C #2CA880

split-complementary

#422CA8 #A8802C #54A82C

monochromatic

#1C1347 #2F1F78 #422CA8 #5C43CE #8674DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#422CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#422CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422CA8

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422CA8	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 44, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.186 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368c3',
    500: '#422ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ca8;
$custom-light: #8368c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.645,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4062,
    "c": 0.18588,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422CA8

secondary

#B3C26E

accent

#E246C6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422CA8

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

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