#422D8E#422D8E

#422D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.152 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422D8E
RGB	rgb(66, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 35.68, -50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 61.96, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.35% 0.044 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(38.35% 0.152 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0662, 4.9876, 26.1236)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422D8E #798E2D

analogous

#2D498E #422D8E #732D8E

triadic

#422D8E #8E422D #2D8E42

tetradic

#422D8E #8E2D49 #798E2D #2D8E73

square

#422D8E #8E2D49 #798E2D #2D8E73

split-complementary

#422D8E #8E732D #498E2D

monochromatic

#171031 #2C1E60 #422D8E #583CBC #7D67CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#422D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#422D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422D8E

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422D8E	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.152 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e67b0',
    500: '#422d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422d8e;
$custom-light: #7e67b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.99,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38346,
    "c": 0.15193,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422D8E

secondary

#A3B561

accent

#DB4CBC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #422D8E

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

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