#422ee1

Color #422ee1

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 13.31 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#422ee1

RGB

rgb(66, 46, 225)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 74.9%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 79.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.7%, 79.6%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(35.1, 60.41, -86.13)

LCH

lch(35.1, 105.2, 305.05)

OKLCH

oklch(46.7%, 0.2502, 275.64)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 18%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cde12e

Analogous

#2e73e1

#422ee1

#9b2ee1

Triadic

#422ee1

#e1422e

#2ee142

Split-complementary

#422ee1

#e19b2e

#73e12e

Tetradic

#422ee1

#e12ecd

#cde12e

#2ee142

Square

#422ee1

#e12e73

#cde12e

#2ee19b

Shades

Color #422ee1 mixed toward black.

#2f1cc5

#26179e

#1c1176

#130b4f

#090627

Tints

Color #422ee1 mixed toward white.

#6151e6

#8174eb

#a096f0

#c0b9f5

#dfdcfa

Tones

Color #422ee1 mixed toward gray.

#4d3dd2

#594cc3

#655bb4

#706aa5

#7c7896

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.71:1

White text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3a3ac8 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#3b3dc1 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#41b1ab · ΔE 49.3

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 31.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #422ee1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#422ee1]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#422ee1 (#422ee1) is rgb(66, 46, 225) in RGB.

No, #422ee1 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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