#422EA2#422EA2

#422EA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.176 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422EA2
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 162)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 71.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 41.35, -59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 72.57, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.0396 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.176 283)
XYZ	xyz(9.7433, 5.7202, 34.7661)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.50

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422EA2 #8EA22E

analogous

#2E54A2 #422EA2 #7C2EA2

triadic

#422EA2 #A2422E #2EA242

tetradic

#422EA2 #A22E54 #8EA22E #2EA27C

square

#422EA2 #A22E54 #8EA22E #2EA27C

split-complementary

#422EA2 #A27C2E #54A22E

monochromatic

#1B1343 #2F2072 #422EA2 #5B43CA #8473D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#422EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#422EA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422EA2

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422EA2	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#064D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.176 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8169bf',
    500: '#422ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ea2;
$custom-light: #8169bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.345,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40326,
    "c": 0.17628,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.05721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422EA2

secondary

#B1BF6D

accent

#DF49C5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422EA2

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

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