#422EA5#422EA5

#422EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.180 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422EA5
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.97, 42.29, -60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.97, 74.22, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.039 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.18 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0132, 5.8282, 36.1873)
Luminance	0.0583 (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

#422EA5 #91A52E

analogous

#2E56A5 #422EA5 #7E2EA5

triadic

#422EA5 #A5422E #2EA542

tetradic

#422EA5 #A52E56 #91A52E #2EA57E

square

#422EA5 #A52E56 #91A52E #2EA57E

split-complementary

#422EA5 #A57E2E #56A52E

monochromatic

#1C1345 #2F2175 #422EA5 #5C45CB #8675D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#422EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#422EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422EA5

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422EA5	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.180 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8269c1',
    500: '#422ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ea5;
$custom-light: #8269c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.084,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40611,
    "c": 0.18002,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422EA5

secondary

#B3C06F

accent

#E048C6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422EA5

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

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