#42218F#42218F

#42218F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.167 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42218F
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 143)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 76.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.41, 42.59, -55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.41, 69.58, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.0547 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.167 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7471, 4.2288, 26.3893)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42218F #6E8F21

analogous

#21378F #42218F #79218F

triadic

#42218F #8F4221 #218F42

tetradic

#42218F #8F2137 #6E8F21 #218F79

square

#42218F #8F2137 #6E8F21 #218F79

split-complementary

#42218F #8F7921 #378F21

monochromatic

#140A2C #2B165D #42218F #592CC1 #7B53D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#42218F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#42218F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42218F

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42218F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42218F	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42218f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.167 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f60b1',
    500: '#42218f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42218f;
$custom-light: #7f60b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42218f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36748,
    "c": 0.16735,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42218F

secondary

#9BBB51

accent

#E642B5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #42218F

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

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