#42229A#42229A

#42229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.179 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42229A
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(256, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.67, 45.30, -59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.67, 74.97, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.0508 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.179 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6498, 4.6349, 31.0044)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42229A #7A9A22

analogous

#223E9A #42229A #7E229A

triadic

#42229A #9A4222 #229A42

tetradic

#42229A #9A223E #7A9A22 #229A7E

square

#42229A #9A223E #7A9A22 #229A7E

split-complementary

#42229A #9A7E22 #3E9A22

monochromatic

#170C36 #2D1768 #42229A #572DCC #7D5BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#42229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#42229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42229A

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42229A	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.179 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161b9',
    500: '#42229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42229a;
$custom-light: #8161b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37954,
    "c": 0.17933,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42229A

secondary

#A4BF58

accent

#E741BB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42229A

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

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