#42218D#42218D

#42218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.165 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42218D
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 42.01, -54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 68.49, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.0552 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.165 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5969, 4.1687, 25.5985)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42218D #6C8D21

analogous

#21368D #42218D #78218D

triadic

#42218D #8D4221 #218D42

tetradic

#42218D #8D2136 #6C8D21 #218D78

square

#42218D #8D2136 #6C8D21 #218D78

split-complementary

#42218D #8D7821 #368D21

monochromatic

#140A2A #2B155B #42218D #592DBF #7A52D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#42218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#42218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42218D

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42218D	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.165 289.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36554,
    "c": 0.16497,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42218D

secondary

#9ABA50

accent

#E543B3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42218D

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

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