#42228B#42228B

#42228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.161 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42228B
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 40.91, -52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 66.84, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.49% 0.0549 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(36.49% 0.161 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4776, 4.1661, 24.8312)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42228B #6B8B22

analogous

#22378B #42228B #77228B

triadic

#42228B #8B4222 #228B42

tetradic

#42228B #8B2237 #6B8B22 #228B77

square

#42228B #8B2237 #6B8B22 #228B77

split-complementary

#42228B #8B7722 #378B22

monochromatic

#130A29 #2B165A #42228B #592EBC #7A53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#42228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#42228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42228B

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42228B	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#283E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.161 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61ae',
    500: '#42228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42228b;
$custom-light: #7e61ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3649,
    "c": 0.16147,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42228B

secondary

#99B850

accent

#E444B3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42228B

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

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