#422E89#422E89

#422E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.144 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422E89
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 137)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 66.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.50, 33.51, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.50, 58.44, 304.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% 0.0436 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.144 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7378, 4.9180, 24.2036)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422E89 #75892E

analogous

#2E4789 #422E89 #6F2E89

triadic

#422E89 #89422E #2E8942

tetradic

#422E89 #892E47 #75892E #2E896F

square

#422E89 #892E47 #75892E #2E896F

split-complementary

#422E89 #896F2E #47892E

monochromatic

#160F2D #2C1F5B #422E89 #583DB7 #7C66CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#422E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#422E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422E89

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422E89	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.144 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d68ac',
    500: '#422e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422e89;
$custom-light: #7d68ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.187,
    "s": 49.727,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3807,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422E89

secondary

#A0B260

accent

#D94FBB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #422E89

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

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