#42226C#42226C

#42226C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.123 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42226C
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 108)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 68.5%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.52, 31.94, -37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.52, 49.30, 310.39°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.0608 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.123 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5249, 3.3850, 14.5467)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42226C #4C6C22

analogous

#22276C #42226C #67226C

triadic

#42226C #6C4222 #226C42

tetradic

#42226C #6C2227 #4C6C22 #226C67

square

#42226C #6C2227 #4C6C22 #226C67

split-complementary

#42226C #6C6722 #276C22

monochromatic

#0E0717 #26133D #42226C #5E319B #7C44C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#42226C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#42226C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42226C

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42226C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42226C	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42226c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.123 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f97',
    500: '#42226c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42226c;
$custom-light: #7a5f97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42226c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33737,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42226C

secondary

#7BA04A

accent

#DC4C9E

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42226C

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

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