#422E8F#422E8F

#422E8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.152 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422E8F
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 143)
HSL	hsl(252, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 67.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 35.39, -50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 61.90, 304.88°)
OKLab	oklab(38.59% 0.0428 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(38.59% 0.152 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1802, 5.0950, 26.5337)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422E8F #7B8F2E

analogous

#2E4B8F #422E8F #732E8F

triadic

#422E8F #8F422E #2E8F42

tetradic

#422E8F #8F2E4B #7B8F2E #2E8F73

square

#422E8F #8F2E4B #7B8F2E #2E8F73

split-complementary

#422E8F #8F732E #4B8F2E

monochromatic

#171032 #2D1F61 #422E8F #573DBD #7E69CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#422E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#422E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422E8F

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422E8F	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.152 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e68b1',
    500: '#422e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422e8f;
$custom-light: #7e68b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.371,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38592,
    "c": 0.15195,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422E8F

secondary

#A5B663

accent

#DB4DBE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #422E8F

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

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