#42188D#42188D

#42188D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.174 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42188D
RGB	rgb(66, 24, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(262, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 83%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 46.18, -56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 72.95, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(35.54% 0.062 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(35.54% 0.174 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3797, 3.7343, 25.5261)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42188D #638D18

analogous

#18298D #42188D #7C188D

triadic

#42188D #8D4218 #188D42

tetradic

#42188D #8D1829 #638D18 #188D7C

square

#42188D #8D1829 #638D18 #188D7C

split-complementary

#42188D #8D7C18 #298D18

monochromatic

#110624 #2A0F59 #42188D #5A21C1 #7941DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#42188D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#42188D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42188D

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42188D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42188D	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42188d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 24, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.174 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805baf',
    500: '#42188d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42188d;
$custom-light: #805baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42188d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35544,
    "c": 0.17377,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42188D

secondary

#92BF42

accent

#EE3AAD

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #42188D

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

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