#42228F#42228F

#42228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.166 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42228F
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.59, 42.08, -54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.59, 69.03, 307.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.0539 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.166 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7753, 4.2851, 26.3987)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42228F #6F8F22

analogous

#22388F #42228F #79228F

triadic

#42228F #8F4222 #228F42

tetradic

#42228F #8F2238 #6F8F22 #228F79

square

#42228F #8F2238 #6F8F22 #228F79

split-complementary

#42228F #8F7922 #388F22

monochromatic

#140A2C #2B165E #42228F #592EC0 #7B55D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#42228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#42228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42228F

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42228F	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.166 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61b1',
    500: '#42228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42228f;
$custom-light: #7f61b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.615,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36873,
    "c": 0.16628,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42228F

secondary

#9CBA52

accent

#E543B5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #42228F

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

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