#42229F#42229F

#42229F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.185 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42229F
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 46.75, -61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 77.62, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0494 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.185 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0749, 4.8050, 33.2434)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42229F #7F9F22

analogous

#22409F #42229F #80229F

triadic

#42229F #9F4222 #229F42

tetradic

#42229F #9F2240 #7F9F22 #229F80

square

#42229F #9F2240 #7F9F22 #229F80

split-complementary

#42229F #9F8022 #409F22

monochromatic

#180C3A #2D176D #42229F #572DD1 #7F5FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#42229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#42229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42229F

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42229F	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#104660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.185 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262bd',
    500: '#42229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42229f;
$custom-light: #8262bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.36,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38458,
    "c": 0.18519,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42229F

secondary

#A7C15B

accent

#E840BD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42229F

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

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