#422E72#422E72

#422E72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.112 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422E72
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 114)
HSL	hsl(258, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(258, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 59.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.72, 26.39, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.72, 44.83, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0449 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.112 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2602, 4.3270, 16.4217)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422E72 #5E722E

analogous

#2E3C72 #422E72 #642E72

triadic

#422E72 #72422E #2E7242

tetradic

#422E72 #722E3C #5E722E #2E7264

square

#422E72 #722E3C #5E722E #2E7264

split-complementary

#422E72 #72642E #3C722E

monochromatic

#100B1B #291C46 #422E72 #5B409E #795DBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#422E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#422E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422E72

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422E72	1.00	11.26	1.87	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#093B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.112 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a679b',
    500: '#422e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422e72;
$custom-light: #7a679b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 42.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36213,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422E72

secondary

#8DA358

accent

#D256AE

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09060E

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #422E72

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

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