#42219F#42219F

#42219F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.186 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42219F
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 159)
HSL	hsl(256, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 79.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.01, 47.23, -62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.01, 78.13, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.34% 0.05 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(38.34% 0.186 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0467, 4.7486, 33.2340)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42219F #7E9F21

analogous

#213F9F #42219F #81219F

triadic

#42219F #9F4221 #219F42

tetradic

#42219F #9F213F #7E9F21 #219F81

square

#42219F #9F213F #7E9F21 #219F81

split-complementary

#42219F #9F8121 #3F9F21

monochromatic

#180C3A #2D166C #42219F #572CD2 #7F5DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#42219F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#42219F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42219F

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42219F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42219F	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#104660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42219f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.186 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261bd',
    500: '#42219f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42219f;
$custom-light: #8261bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42219f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.714,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38342,
    "c": 0.18612,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42219F

secondary

#A7C25A

accent

#E93FBC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42219F

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

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