#422E79#422E79

#422E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.122 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422E79
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 121)
HSL	hsl(256, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(256, 62%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 62%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.24, 28.53, -39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.24, 49.03, 305.58°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.0448 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.122 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6740, 4.4925, 18.6009)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422E79 #65792E

analogous

#2E3F79 #422E79 #672E79

triadic

#422E79 #79422E #2E7942

tetradic

#422E79 #792E3F #65792E #2E7967

square

#422E79 #792E3F #65792E #2E7967

split-complementary

#422E79 #79672E #3F792E

monochromatic

#120C20 #2A1D4D #422E79 #5A3FA5 #7A5FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#422E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#422E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422E79

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422E79	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.122 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b67a0',
    500: '#422e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422e79;
$custom-light: #7b67a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 44.91,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36753,
    "c": 0.12224,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422E79

secondary

#94A95A

accent

#D553B2

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #422E79

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

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