#422EB5#422EB5

#422EB5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.200 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422EB5
RGB	rgb(66, 46, 181)
HSL	hsl(249, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(249, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 74.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.51, 47.25, -68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.51, 82.84, 304.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.0356 -0.1964)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.2 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5616, 6.4475, 44.3423)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.19

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422EB5 #A1B52E

analogous

#2E5EB5 #422EB5 #862EB5

triadic

#422EB5 #B5422E #2EB542

tetradic

#422EB5 #B52E5E #A1B52E #2EB586

square

#422EB5 #B52E5E #A1B52E #2EB586

split-complementary

#422EB5 #B5862E #5EB52E

monochromatic

#1E1553 #302284 #422EB5 #624ED2 #8D7FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#422EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#422EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422EB5

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422EB5	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 46, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.200 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856acc',
    500: '#422eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422eb5;
$custom-light: #856acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.889,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42168,
    "c": 0.19956,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422EB5

secondary

#BBC778

accent

#E345CB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0614

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #422EB5

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

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