#42219C#42219C

#42219C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.183 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42219C
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 156)
HSL	hsl(256, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 78.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.70, 46.36, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.70, 76.54, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0509 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.183 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7896, 4.6458, 31.8796)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42219C #7B9C21

analogous

#213D9C #42219C #80219C

triadic

#42219C #9C4221 #219C42

tetradic

#42219C #9C213D #7B9C21 #219C80

square

#42219C #9C213D #7B9C21 #219C80

split-complementary

#42219C #9C8021 #3D9C21

monochromatic

#170C37 #2D1669 #42219C #572CCF #7E5BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#42219C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#42219C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42219C

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42219C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42219C	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42219c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.183 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161ba',
    500: '#42219c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42219c;
$custom-light: #8161ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42219c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.098,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38038,
    "c": 0.18263,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42219C

secondary

#A5C158

accent

#E840BB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42219C

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

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