#422EA3#422EA3

#422EA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.178 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422EA3
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 163)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.79, 41.67, -60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.79, 73.12, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0394 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.178 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.8326, 5.7559, 35.2361)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.39

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422EA3 #8FA32E

analogous

#2E54A3 #422EA3 #7C2EA3

triadic

#422EA3 #A3422E #2EA342

tetradic

#422EA3 #A32E54 #8FA32E #2EA37C

square

#422EA3 #A32E54 #8FA32E #2EA37C

split-complementary

#422EA3 #A37C2E #54A32E

monochromatic

#1B1344 #2F2173 #422EA3 #5B44CA #8574D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#422EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#422EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422EA3

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422EA3	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#034E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.178 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8269bf',
    500: '#422ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ea3;
$custom-light: #8269bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.256,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40421,
    "c": 0.17753,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422EA3

secondary

#B1BF6D

accent

#DF49C6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422EA3

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

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