#442CB4#442CB4

#442CB4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.200 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#442CB4
RGB	rgb(68, 44, 180)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 75.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.22, 48.23, -67.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.22, 83.32, 305.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.0399 -0.196)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.2 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5202, 6.3248, 43.7849)
Luminance	0.0633 (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

#442CB4 #9CB42C

analogous

#2C58B4 #442CB4 #882CB4

triadic

#442CB4 #B4442C #2CB444

tetradic

#442CB4 #B42C58 #9CB42C #2CB488

square

#442CB4 #B42C58 #9CB42C #2CB488

split-complementary

#442CB4 #B4882C #58B42C

monochromatic

#1F1452 #312083 #442CB4 #624AD3 #8D7CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#442CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#442CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #442CB4

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##442CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##442CB4	1.00	9.27	2.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00536E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #442cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 44, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.200 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668cc',
    500: '#442cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #442cb4;
$custom-light: #8668cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#442cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41972,
    "c": 0.2,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#442CB4

secondary

#B9C775

accent

#E444C8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #442CB4

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

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