#42218B#42218B

#42218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.163 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42218B
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.03, 41.43, -53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.03, 67.40, 307.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% 0.0558 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.163 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4495, 4.1097, 24.8218)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42218B #6A8B21

analogous

#21358B #42218B #77218B

triadic

#42218B #8B4221 #218B42

tetradic

#42218B #8B2135 #6A8B21 #218B77

square

#42218B #8B2135 #6A8B21 #218B77

split-complementary

#42218B #8B7721 #358B21

monochromatic

#130A28 #2B155A #42218B #592DBC #7A51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#42218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#42218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42218B

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42218B	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#283E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.163 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f60ae',
    500: '#42218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42218b;
$custom-light: #7f60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.679,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36361,
    "c": 0.16258,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42218B

secondary

#98B94F

accent

#E543B2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42218B

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

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