#42227A#42227A

#42227A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.141 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42227A
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 122)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 72.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.68, 35.96, -44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.68, 57.34, 308.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.93% 0.0587 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(34.93% 0.141 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3307, 3.7073, 18.7906)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42227A #5A7A22

analogous

#222E7A #42227A #6E227A

triadic

#42227A #7A4222 #227A42

tetradic

#42227A #7A222E #5A7A22 #227A6E

square

#42227A #7A222E #5A7A22 #227A6E

split-complementary

#42227A #7A6E22 #2E7A22

monochromatic

#0E071A #28154A #42227A #5C2FAA #794ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#42227A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#42227A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42227A

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42227A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42227A	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42227a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.141 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60a1',
    500: '#42227a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42227a;
$custom-light: #7c60a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42227a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34928,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42227A

secondary

#89AD4B

accent

#E048A9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42227A

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

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