#42227E#42227E

#42227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.146 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42227E
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.03, 37.12, -46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.03, 59.60, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% 0.0579 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.146 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5837, 3.8085, 20.1228)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42227E #5E7E22

analogous

#22307E #42227E #70227E

triadic

#42227E #7E4222 #227E42

tetradic

#42227E #7E2230 #5E7E22 #227E70

square

#42227E #7E2230 #5E7E22 #227E70

split-complementary

#42227E #7E7022 #307E22

monochromatic

#10081E #29154E #42227E #5B2FAE #794CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#42227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#42227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42227E

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42227E	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.146 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60a4',
    500: '#42227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42227e;
$custom-light: #7c60a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35285,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42227E

secondary

#8DB14B

accent

#E147AB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42227E

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

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