#442D9E#442D9E

#442D9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.172 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#442D9E
RGB	rgb(68, 45, 158)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 71.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.31, 40.98, -57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.31, 70.88, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(39.99% 0.0441 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(39.99% 0.172 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4920, 5.5738, 32.9168)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#442D9E #879E2D

analogous

#2D4F9E #442D9E #7C2D9E

triadic

#442D9E #9E442D #2D9E44

tetradic

#442D9E #9E2D4F #879E2D #2D9E7C

square

#442D9E #9E2D4F #879E2D #2D9E7C

split-complementary

#442D9E #9E7C2D #4F9E2D

monochromatic

#1B123F #2F1F6E #442D9E #5C40C9 #846FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#442D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#442D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #442D9E

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##442D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##442D9E	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #442d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 45, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.172 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8268bc',
    500: '#442d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #442d9e;
$custom-light: #8268bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#442d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.212,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39985,
    "c": 0.17216,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#442D9E

secondary

#ACBD69

accent

#DF49C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #442D9E

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

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