#42229E#42229E

#42229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.184 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42229E
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.07, 46.46, -61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.07, 77.09, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.36% 0.0496 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(38.36% 0.184 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9885, 4.7704, 32.7883)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42229E #7E9E22

analogous

#22409E #42229E #80229E

triadic

#42229E #9E4222 #229E42

tetradic

#42229E #9E2240 #7E9E22 #229E80

square

#42229E #9E2240 #7E9E22 #229E80

split-complementary

#42229E #9E8022 #409E22

monochromatic

#180C39 #2D176C #42229E #572DD0 #7F5EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#42229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#42229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42229E

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42229E	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.184 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262bc',
    500: '#42229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42229e;
$custom-light: #8262bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38356,
    "c": 0.18401,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42229E

secondary

#A7C15B

accent

#E840BC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42229E

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

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