#422D9E#422D9E

#422D9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.172 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422D9E
RGB	rgb(66, 45, 158)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 71.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.12, 40.67, -58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.12, 70.96, 304.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.81% 0.0412 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(39.81% 0.172 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3548, 5.5031, 32.9104)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422D9E #899E2D

analogous

#2D519E #422D9E #7A2D9E

triadic

#422D9E #9E422D #2D9E42

tetradic

#422D9E #9E2D51 #899E2D #2D9E7A

square

#422D9E #9E2D51 #899E2D #2D9E7A

split-complementary

#422D9E #9E7A2D #519E2D

monochromatic

#1A123F #2E1F6E #422D9E #5940C9 #826FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#422D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#422D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422D9E

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422D9E	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#104B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 45, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.172 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8168bc',
    500: '#422d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422d9e;
$custom-light: #8168bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.15,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39805,
    "c": 0.1724,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422D9E

secondary

#AEBD69

accent

#DF49C3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422D9E

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

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