#422D69#422D69

#422D69 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.101 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422D69
RGB	rgb(66, 45, 105)
HSL	hsl(261, 40%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 57%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 57.1%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 24.33, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 40.08, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% 0.0461 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.101 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7343, 4.0549, 13.8424)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422D69 #54692D

analogous

#2D3669 #422D69 #602D69

triadic

#422D69 #69422D #2D6942

tetradic

#422D69 #692D36 #54692D #2D6960

square

#422D69 #692D36 #54692D #2D6960

split-complementary

#422D69 #69602D #36692D

monochromatic

#0D0915 #271B3E #422D69 #5D3F94 #7A59B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#422D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#422D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422D69

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422D69	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14396B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 45, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.101 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796694',
    500: '#422d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422d69;
$custom-light: #796694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35368,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422D69

secondary

#839B57

accent

#D058A6

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EDEBF1

border

#C8C6CB

text

#09060D

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #422D69

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

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