#422D8A#422D8A

#422D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.147 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422D8A
RGB	rgb(66, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(254, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(254, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.36, 34.43, -48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.36, 59.66, 305.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38% 0.0445 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(38% 0.147 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7713, 4.8696, 24.5703)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422D8A #758A2D

analogous

#2D468A #422D8A #702D8A

triadic

#422D8A #8A422D #2D8A42

tetradic

#422D8A #8A2D46 #758A2D #2D8A70

square

#422D8A #8A2D46 #758A2D #2D8A70

split-complementary

#422D8A #8A702D #468A2D

monochromatic

#160F2E #2C1E5C #422D8A #583CB8 #7C65CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#422D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#422D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422D8A

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422D8A	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.147 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d67ad',
    500: '#422d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422d8a;
$custom-light: #7d67ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37995,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422D8A

secondary

#A0B360

accent

#DA4DBB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #422D8A

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

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