#42218A#42218A

#42218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.161 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42218A
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 41.14, -52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 66.85, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% 0.056 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.161 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3768, 4.0806, 24.4388)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42218A #698A21

analogous

#21348A #42218A #76218A

triadic

#42218A #8A4221 #218A42

tetradic

#42218A #8A2134 #698A21 #218A76

square

#42218A #8A2134 #698A21 #218A76

split-complementary

#42218A #8A7621 #348A21

monochromatic

#130927 #2A1559 #42218A #5A2DBB #7A50D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#42218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#42218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42218A

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42218A	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.161 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e60ad',
    500: '#42218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42218a;
$custom-light: #7e60ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36266,
    "c": 0.16138,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42218A

secondary

#97B94E

accent

#E543B2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42218A

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

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