#42228A#42228A

#42228A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.160 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42228A
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 75.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 40.62, -52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 66.29, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.0552 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.16 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4049, 4.1370, 24.4482)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42228A #6A8A22

analogous

#22368A #42228A #76228A

triadic

#42228A #8A4222 #228A42

tetradic

#42228A #8A2236 #6A8A22 #228A76

square

#42228A #8A2236 #6A8A22 #228A76

split-complementary

#42228A #8A7622 #368A22

monochromatic

#130A28 #2B1659 #42228A #592EBB #7A52D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#42228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#42228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42228A

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42228A	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.160 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e60ad',
    500: '#42228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42228a;
$custom-light: #7e60ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36395,
    "c": 0.16026,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42228A

secondary

#98B850

accent

#E444B3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42228A

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

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