#42226F#42226F

#42226F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.127 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42226F
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 111)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.76, 32.80, -39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.76, 51.03, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(33.98% 0.0604 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(33.98% 0.127 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6873, 3.4499, 15.4021)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42226F #4F6F22

analogous

#22286F #42226F #68226F

triadic

#42226F #6F4222 #226F42

tetradic

#42226F #6F2228 #4F6F22 #226F68

square

#42226F #6F2228 #4F6F22 #226F68

split-complementary

#42226F #6F6822 #286F22

monochromatic

#0E0717 #261440 #42226F #5E309E #7B45C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#42226F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#42226F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42226F

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42226F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42226F	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42226f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.127 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f99',
    500: '#42226f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42226f;
$custom-light: #7a5f99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42226f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.935,
    "s": 53.103,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33984,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42226F

secondary

#7EA24A

accent

#DD4BA0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42226F

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

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