#422F9F#422F9F

#422F9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.171 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#422F9F
RGB	rgb(66, 47, 159)
HSL	hsl(250, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(250, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 70.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, 39.84, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 70.31, 304.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.0394 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.171 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5194, 5.6939, 33.3916)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.74

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#422F9F #8C9F2F

analogous

#2F549F #422F9F #7A2F9F

triadic

#422F9F #9F422F #2F9F42

tetradic

#422F9F #9F2F54 #8C9F2F #2F9F7A

square

#422F9F #9F2F54 #8C9F2F #2F9F7A

split-complementary

#422F9F #9F7A2F #549F2F

monochromatic

#1B1341 #2E2170 #422F9F #5A44C8 #8473D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#422F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#422F9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #422F9F

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##422F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##422F9F	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E4D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #422f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 47, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.171 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8169bc',
    500: '#422f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #422f9f;
$custom-light: #8169bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#422f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.179,
    "s": 54.369,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40193,
    "c": 0.17135,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#422F9F

secondary

#B0BD6D

accent

#DE4AC5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #422F9F

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

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