#42218E#42218E

#42218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.166 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42218E
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 42.30, -54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 69.03, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.055 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.166 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6717, 4.1986, 25.9921)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42218E #6D8E21

analogous

#21378E #42218E #79218E

triadic

#42218E #8E4221 #218E42

tetradic

#42218E #8E2137 #6D8E21 #218E79

square

#42218E #8E2137 #6D8E21 #218E79

split-complementary

#42218E #8E7921 #378E21

monochromatic

#140A2B #2B155C #42218E #592DC0 #7B52D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#42218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#42218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42218E

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42218E	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.166 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f60b0',
    500: '#42218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42218e;
$custom-light: #7f60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.165,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36651,
    "c": 0.16616,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42218E

secondary

#9ABA50

accent

#E542B4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #42218E

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

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