#42228E#42228E

#42228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.165 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42228E
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.50, 41.79, -54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.50, 68.49, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0541 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.165 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6999, 4.2549, 26.0015)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42228E #6E8E22

analogous

#22388E #42228E #78228E

triadic

#42228E #8E4222 #228E42

tetradic

#42228E #8E2238 #6E8E22 #228E78

square

#42228E #8E2238 #6E8E22 #228E78

split-complementary

#42228E #8E7822 #388E22

monochromatic

#140A2B #2B165D #42228E #592EBF #7B54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#42228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#42228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42228E

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42228E	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.165 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61b0',
    500: '#42228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42228e;
$custom-light: #7f61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36777,
    "c": 0.16508,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42228E

secondary

#9BBA52

accent

#E443B5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #42228E

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

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