#422F74#422F74

#422F74 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.114 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422F74
RGB	rgb(66, 47, 116)
HSL	hsl(257, 42%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 59%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 59.5%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 26.36, -36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 45.35, 305.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.0436 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.114 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4148, 4.4521, 17.0410)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.49

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422F74 #61742F

analogous

#2F3F74 #422F74 #652F74

triadic

#422F74 #74422F #2F7442

tetradic

#422F74 #742F3F #61742F #2F7465

square

#422F74 #742F3F #61742F #2F7465

split-complementary

#422F74 #74652F #3F742F

monochromatic

#100C1D #291D48 #422F74 #5B41A0 #795FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#422F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#422F74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422F74

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422F74	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#083C76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 47, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.114 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a689c',
    500: '#422f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422f74;
$custom-light: #7a689c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 42.331,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36545,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422F74

secondary

#90A55A

accent

#D256B0

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09060E

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #422F74

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

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