#422E8D#422E8D

#422E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.149 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422E8D
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 67.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.83, 34.77, -49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.83, 60.75, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.0431 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.149 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0301, 5.0349, 25.7429)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422E8D #798D2E

analogous

#2E4A8D #422E8D #722E8D

triadic

#422E8D #8D422E #2E8D42

tetradic

#422E8D #8D2E4A #798D2E #2E8D72

square

#422E8D #8D2E4A #798D2E #2E8D72

split-complementary

#422E8D #8D722E #4A8D2E

monochromatic

#171031 #2C1F5F #422E8D #583DBB #7D68CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#422E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#422E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422E8D

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422E8D	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.149 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e68af',
    500: '#422e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422e8d;
$custom-light: #7e68af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38416,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422E8D

secondary

#A3B562

accent

#DA4EBD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #422E8D

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

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