#442C8B#442C8B

#442C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.149 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#442C8B
RGB	rgb(68, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 35.71, -49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 60.82, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(38.12% 0.0483 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(38.12% 0.149 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9434, 4.8940, 24.9472)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#442C8B #738B2C

analogous

#2C438B #442C8B #732C8B

triadic

#442C8B #8B442C #2C8B44

tetradic

#442C8B #8B2C43 #738B2C #2C8B73

square

#442C8B #8B2C43 #738B2C #2C8B73

split-complementary

#442C8B #8B732C #438B2C

monochromatic

#170F2E #2D1D5D #442C8B #5B3BB9 #7E64CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#442C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#442C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #442C8B

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##442C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##442C8B	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #442c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.149 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f67ae',
    500: '#442c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #442c8b;
$custom-light: #7f67ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#442c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.158,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38122,
    "c": 0.1492,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#442C8B

secondary

#9FB45F

accent

#DB4CB7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #442C8B

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

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