#442CA9#442CA9

#442CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.187 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#442CA9
RGB	rgb(68, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.14, 44.90, -63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.14, 77.46, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0426 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.187 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.4438, 5.8942, 38.1158)
Luminance	0.0590 (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

#442CA9 #91A92C

analogous

#2C53A9 #442CA9 #832CA9

triadic

#442CA9 #A9442C #2CA944

tetradic

#442CA9 #A92C53 #91A92C #2CA983

square

#442CA9 #A92C53 #91A92C #2CA983

split-complementary

#442CA9 #A9832C #53A92C

monochromatic

#1D1348 #301F78 #442CA9 #5E44CE #8874DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#442CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#442CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #442CA9

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##442CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##442CA9	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #442ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.187 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468c4',
    500: '#442ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #442ca9;
$custom-light: #8468c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#442ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.52,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4089,
    "c": 0.18681,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#442CA9

secondary

#B2C36E

accent

#E246C4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #442CA9

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

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