#422CA9#422CA9

#422CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.187 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422CA9
RGB	rgb(66, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 44.63, -63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 77.55, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% 0.0397 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.187 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.3066, 5.8235, 38.1094)
Luminance	0.0582 (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

#422CA9 #93A92C

analogous

#2C55A9 #422CA9 #812CA9

triadic

#422CA9 #A9422C #2CA942

tetradic

#422CA9 #A92C55 #93A92C #2CA981

square

#422CA9 #A92C55 #93A92C #2CA981

split-complementary

#422CA9 #A9812C #55A92C

monochromatic

#1C1348 #2F1F78 #422CA9 #5C44CE #8774DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#422CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#422CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422CA9

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422CA9	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.187 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368c4',
    500: '#422ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ca9;
$custom-light: #8368c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.56,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40718,
    "c": 0.1871,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422CA9

secondary

#B4C36E

accent

#E246C6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422CA9

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

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