#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
RGBrgb(68, 46, 139)
HSLhsl(254, 50%, 36%)
HSVhsv(254, 67%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(51.1%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(26.87, 34.53, -48.51)
CIE-LCHlch(26.87, 59.55, 305.44°)
OKLaboklab(38.44% 0.0463 -0.1391)
OKLCHoklch(38.44% 0.147 288.4)
XYZxyz(8.0197, 5.0467, 24.9726)
Luminance0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##442E8B1.0010.452.0110.45
#FFFFFF10.451.0021.001.00
#0000002.0121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.451.0021.001.00

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

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#442E8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva