#422E73#422E73

#422E73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.114 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422E73
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 115)
HSL	hsl(257, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 60%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 26.69, -36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 45.44, 305.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.29% 0.0449 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(36.29% 0.114 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3174, 4.3499, 16.7231)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422E73 #5F732E

analogous

#2E3D73 #422E73 #652E73

triadic

#422E73 #73422E #2E7342

tetradic

#422E73 #732E3D #5F732E #2E7365

square

#422E73 #732E3D #5F732E #2E7365

split-complementary

#422E73 #73652E #3D732E

monochromatic

#100B1C #291D47 #422E73 #5B3F9F #795DBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#422E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#422E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422E73

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422E73	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063C75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.114 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a679c',
    500: '#422e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422e73;
$custom-light: #7a679c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.391,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36288,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422E73

secondary

#8EA458

accent

#D355AE

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09060E

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #422E73

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

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