#422D8D#422D8D

#422D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.151 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422D8D
RGB	rgb(66, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 35.36, -50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 61.39, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.0441 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.151 287)
XYZ	xyz(7.9915, 4.9577, 25.7300)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422D8D #788D2D

analogous

#2D488D #422D8D #722D8D

triadic

#422D8D #8D422D #2D8D42

tetradic

#422D8D #8D2D48 #788D2D #2D8D72

square

#422D8D #8D2D48 #788D2D #2D8D72

split-complementary

#422D8D #8D722D #488D2D

monochromatic

#170F30 #2C1E5F #422D8D #583CBB #7D66CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#422D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#422D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422D8D

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422D8D	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.151 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e67af',
    500: '#422d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422d8d;
$custom-light: #7e67af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.125,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38258,
    "c": 0.15062,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.04958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422D8D

secondary

#A2B561

accent

#DB4DBC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #422D8D

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

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