#42228D#42228D

#42228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.164 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42228D
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 41.50, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 67.94, 307.65°)
OKLab	oklab(36.68% 0.0544 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(36.68% 0.164 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6251, 4.2250, 25.6079)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42228D #6D8D22

analogous

#22388D #42228D #78228D

triadic

#42228D #8D4222 #228D42

tetradic

#42228D #8D2238 #6D8D22 #228D78

square

#42228D #8D2238 #6D8D22 #228D78

split-complementary

#42228D #8D7822 #388D22

monochromatic

#140A2A #2B165C #42228D #592EBE #7B54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#42228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#42228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42228D

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42228D	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.164 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61af',
    500: '#42228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42228d;
$custom-light: #7f61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.944,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36681,
    "c": 0.16388,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42228D

secondary

#9AB951

accent

#E444B4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42228D

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

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