#42226A#42226A

#42226A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.120 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42226A
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 106)
HSL	hsl(267, 51%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 67.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.37, 31.38, -36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.37, 48.13, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(33.58% 0.061 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(33.58% 0.12 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4197, 3.3429, 13.9926)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42226A #4A6A22

analogous

#22266A #42226A #66226A

triadic

#42226A #6A4222 #226A42

tetradic

#42226A #6A2226 #4A6A22 #226A66

square

#42226A #6A2226 #4A6A22 #226A66

split-complementary

#42226A #6A6622 #266A22

monochromatic

#0E0717 #25133C #42226A #5F3198 #7C44C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#42226A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#42226A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42226A

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42226A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42226A	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42226a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.120 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f95',
    500: '#42226a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42226a;
$custom-light: #7a5f95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42226a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33575,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42226A

secondary

#799E4A

accent

#DB4D9C

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42226A

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

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