#42226E#42226E

#42226E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.125 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42226E
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 110)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 69.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.68, 32.51, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.68, 50.46, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(33.9% 0.0606 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(33.9% 0.125 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6326, 3.4280, 15.1138)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42226E #4E6E22

analogous

#22286E #42226E #68226E

triadic

#42226E #6E4222 #226E42

tetradic

#42226E #6E2228 #4E6E22 #226E68

square

#42226E #6E2228 #4E6E22 #226E68

split-complementary

#42226E #6E6822 #286E22

monochromatic

#0E0717 #26143F #42226E #5E309D #7B45C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#42226E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#42226E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42226E

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42226E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42226E	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42226e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.125 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f98',
    500: '#42226e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42226e;
$custom-light: #7a5f98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42226e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33901,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42226E

secondary

#7DA14A

accent

#DC4C9F

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42226E

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

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