#42219A#42219A

#42219A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.180 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42219A
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 154)
HSL	hsl(256, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 78.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.50, 45.78, -60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.50, 75.48, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.84% 0.0515 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(37.84% 0.18 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6216, 4.5786, 30.9950)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42219A #799A21

analogous

#213C9A #42219A #7F219A

triadic

#42219A #9A4221 #219A42

tetradic

#42219A #9A213C #799A21 #219A7F

square

#42219A #9A213C #799A21 #219A7F

split-complementary

#42219A #9A7F21 #3C9A21

monochromatic

#170B35 #2C1668 #42219A #582CCC #7D5ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#42219A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#42219A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42219A

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42219A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42219A	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42219a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.180 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161b9',
    500: '#42219a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42219a;
$custom-light: #8161b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42219a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37836,
    "c": 0.18031,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42219A

secondary

#A3C057

accent

#E840BA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42219A

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

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