#42219E#42219E

#42219E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.185 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42219E
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 158)
HSL	hsl(256, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 79.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, 46.94, -61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 77.60, 307.22°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% 0.0503 -0.178)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.185 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9603, 4.7141, 32.7789)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42219E #7D9E21

analogous

#213F9E #42219E #81219E

triadic

#42219E #9E4221 #219E42

tetradic

#42219E #9E213F #7D9E21 #219E81

square

#42219E #9E213F #7D9E21 #219E81

split-complementary

#42219E #9E8121 #3F9E21

monochromatic

#180C39 #2D166B #42219E #572CD1 #7E5CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#42219E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#42219E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42219E

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42219E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42219E	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42219e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.185 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261bc',
    500: '#42219e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42219e;
$custom-light: #8261bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42219e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.84,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3824,
    "c": 0.18496,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42219E

secondary

#A6C159

accent

#E83FBC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42219E

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

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