#422EA4#422EA4

#422EA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.179 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422EA4
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 164)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 72%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.88, 41.98, -60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.88, 73.67, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% 0.0392 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.179 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9225, 5.7919, 35.7098)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422EA4 #90A42E

analogous

#2E55A4 #422EA4 #7D2EA4

triadic

#422EA4 #A4422E #2EA442

tetradic

#422EA4 #A42E55 #90A42E #2EA47D

square

#422EA4 #A42E55 #90A42E #2EA47D

split-complementary

#422EA4 #A47D2E #55A42E

monochromatic

#1C1344 #2F2174 #422EA4 #5B45CB #8574D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#422EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#422EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422EA4

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422EA4	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.179 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8269c0',
    500: '#422ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ea4;
$custom-light: #8269c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.169,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40516,
    "c": 0.17878,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422EA4

secondary

#B2C06E

accent

#DF48C6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422EA4

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

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