#422EA6#422EA6

#422EA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.181 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422EA6
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, 42.60, -61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 74.77, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.71% 0.0388 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(40.71% 0.181 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1046, 5.8647, 36.6685)
Luminance	0.0587 (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

#422EA6 #92A62E

analogous

#2E56A6 #422EA6 #7E2EA6

triadic

#422EA6 #A6422E #2EA642

tetradic

#422EA6 #A62E56 #92A62E #2EA67E

square

#422EA6 #A62E56 #92A62E #2EA67E

split-complementary

#422EA6 #A67E2E #56A62E

monochromatic

#1C1346 #2F2176 #422EA6 #5C46CC #8676D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#422EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#422EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422EA6

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422EA6	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.181 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8269c1',
    500: '#422ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422ea6;
$custom-light: #8269c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40706,
    "c": 0.18127,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422EA6

secondary

#B3C16F

accent

#E048C7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422EA6

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

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