#42218C#42218C

#42218C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.164 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42218C
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.13, 41.72, -53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.13, 67.94, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.0555 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.164 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5229, 4.1391, 25.2084)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42218C #6B8C21

analogous

#21358C #42218C #78218C

triadic

#42218C #8C4221 #218C42

tetradic

#42218C #8C2135 #6B8C21 #218C78

square

#42218C #8C2135 #6B8C21 #218C78

split-complementary

#42218C #8C7821 #358C21

monochromatic

#130A29 #2B155A #42218C #592DBE #7A51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#42218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#42218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42218C

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42218C	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.164 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f60af',
    500: '#42218c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42218c;
$custom-light: #7f60af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.505,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36457,
    "c": 0.16377,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42218C

secondary

#99B94F

accent

#E543B3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42218C

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

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