#422E76#422E76

#422E76 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.118 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422E76
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 118)
HSL	hsl(257, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 61%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 61%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 27.61, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 47.24, 305.77°)
OKLab	oklab(36.52% 0.0449 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(36.52% 0.118 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4929, 4.4201, 17.6471)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.15

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422E76 #62762E

analogous

#2E3E76 #422E76 #662E76

triadic

#422E76 #76422E #2E7642

tetradic

#422E76 #762E3E #62762E #2E7666

square

#422E76 #762E3E #62762E #2E7666

split-complementary

#422E76 #76662E #3E762E

monochromatic

#110C1E #291D4A #422E76 #5B3FA2 #795EC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#422E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#422E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422E76

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422E76	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.118 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a679e',
    500: '#422e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422e76;
$custom-light: #7a679e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36518,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422E76

secondary

#91A759

accent

#D454B0

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #422E76

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

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