#422E8B#422E8B

#422E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.147 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422E8B
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.67, 34.14, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.67, 59.60, 304.95°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% 0.0434 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.147 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8826, 4.9759, 24.9662)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422E8B #778B2E

analogous

#2E498B #422E8B #712E8B

triadic

#422E8B #8B422E #2E8B42

tetradic

#422E8B #8B2E49 #778B2E #2E8B71

square

#422E8B #8B2E49 #778B2E #2E8B71

split-complementary

#422E8B #8B712E #498B2E

monochromatic

#16102F #2C1F5D #422E8B #583DB9 #7D67CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#422E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#422E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422E8B

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422E8B	1.00	10.53	2.00	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.147 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d68ae',
    500: '#422e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422e8b;
$custom-light: #7d68ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.903,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38243,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422E8B

secondary

#A2B361

accent

#DA4EBC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #422E8B

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

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