#42227F#42227F

#42227F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.147 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42227F
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 127)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 73.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.12, 37.41, -47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.12, 60.17, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(35.38% 0.0577 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(35.38% 0.147 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6485, 3.8344, 20.4644)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42227F #5F7F22

analogous

#22317F #42227F #71227F

triadic

#42227F #7F4222 #227F42

tetradic

#42227F #7F2231 #5F7F22 #227F71

square

#42227F #7F2231 #5F7F22 #227F71

split-complementary

#42227F #7F7122 #317F22

monochromatic

#10081E #29154F #42227F #5B2FAF #794CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#42227F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#42227F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42227F

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42227F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42227F	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42227f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.147 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60a5',
    500: '#42227f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42227f;
$custom-light: #7d60a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42227f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.645,
    "s": 57.764,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35375,
    "c": 0.14682,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42227F

secondary

#8EB24B

accent

#E147AC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42227F

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

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