#442E8B#442E8B

#442E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.147 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#442E8B
RGB	rgb(68, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(254, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(254, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.87, 34.53, -48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.87, 59.55, 305.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% 0.0463 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.147 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0197, 5.0467, 24.9726)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#442E8B #758B2E

analogous

#2E478B #442E8B #732E8B

triadic

#442E8B #8B442E #2E8B44

tetradic

#442E8B #8B2E47 #758B2E #2E8B73

square

#442E8B #8B2E47 #758B2E #2E8B73

split-complementary

#442E8B #8B732E #478B2E

monochromatic

#17102F #2E1F5D #442E8B #5A3DB9 #7F67CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#442E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#442E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #442E8B

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##442E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##442E8B	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #442e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.147 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f68ae',
    500: '#442e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #442e8b;
$custom-light: #7f68ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#442e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.194,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38436,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#442E8B

secondary

#A0B361

accent

#DA4EB9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #442E8B

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

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