#42229D#42229D

#42229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.183 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42229D
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(256, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.97, 46.17, -61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.97, 76.56, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.0499 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.183 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9028, 4.7361, 32.3368)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42229D #7D9D22

analogous

#223F9D #42229D #80229D

triadic

#42229D #9D4222 #229D42

tetradic

#42229D #9D223F #7D9D22 #229D80

square

#42229D #9D223F #7D9D22 #229D80

split-complementary

#42229D #9D8022 #3F9D22

monochromatic

#180C38 #2D176B #42229D #572DCF #7E5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#42229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#42229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42229D

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42229D	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.183 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161bb',
    500: '#42229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42229d;
$custom-light: #8161bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.61,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38255,
    "c": 0.18285,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42229D

secondary

#A6C15A

accent

#E740BC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42229D

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

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