#442AA4#442AA4

#442AA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.183 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#442AA4
RGB	rgb(68, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 44.45, -61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 75.89, 305.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0453 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.183 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9107, 5.5646, 35.6666)
Luminance	0.0556 (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

#442AA4 #8AA42A

analogous

#2A4DA4 #442AA4 #812AA4

triadic

#442AA4 #A4442A #2AA444

tetradic

#442AA4 #A42A4D #8AA42A #2AA481

square

#442AA4 #A42A4D #8AA42A #2AA481

split-complementary

#442AA4 #A4812A #4DA42A

monochromatic

#1C1143 #301E73 #442AA4 #5C3ECD #856EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#442AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#442AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #442AA4

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##442AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##442AA4	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E4C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #442aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.183 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367c0',
    500: '#442aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #442aa4;
$custom-light: #8367c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#442aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.787,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40139,
    "c": 0.18286,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#442AA4

secondary

#AEC169

accent

#E245C1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #442AA4

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

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