#422D79#422D79

#422D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.124 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422D79
RGB	rgb(66, 45, 121)
HSL	hsl(257, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(257, 63%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 62.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 29.16, -40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 49.71, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(36.58% 0.0461 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(36.58% 0.124 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6354, 4.4153, 18.5881)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422D79 #64792D

analogous

#2D3E79 #422D79 #682D79

triadic

#422D79 #79422D #2D7942

tetradic

#422D79 #792D3E #64792D #2D7968

square

#422D79 #792D3E #64792D #2D7968

split-complementary

#422D79 #79682D #3E792D

monochromatic

#110C20 #2A1C4C #422D79 #5A3EA6 #7A5DC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#422D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#422D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422D79

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422D79	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 45, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.124 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b67a0',
    500: '#422d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422d79;
$custom-light: #7b67a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.579,
    "s": 45.783,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36579,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422D79

secondary

#93A958

accent

#D552B1

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #422D79

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

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