#422E9B#422E9B

#422E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.167 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422E9B
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(251, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 70.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.06, 39.16, -56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.06, 68.69, 304.76°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% 0.0409 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.167 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1383, 5.4782, 31.5799)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422E9B #879B2E

analogous

#2E519B #422E9B #792E9B

triadic

#422E9B #9B422E #2E9B42

tetradic

#422E9B #9B2E51 #879B2E #2E9B79

square

#422E9B #9B2E51 #879B2E #2E9B79

split-complementary

#422E9B #9B792E #519B2E

monochromatic

#1A123D #2E206C #422E9B #5940C6 #826FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#422E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#422E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422E9B

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422E9B	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#154B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.167 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8068b9',
    500: '#422e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422e9b;
$custom-light: #8068b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.009,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39673,
    "c": 0.16745,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422E9B

secondary

#ACBC69

accent

#DE4AC3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422E9B

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

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