#42189F#42189F

#42189F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.194 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42189F
RGB	rgb(66, 24, 159)
HSL	hsl(259, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 84.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 51.09, -64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 82.21, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.0554 -0.1855)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.194 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8295, 4.3142, 33.1616)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42189F #759F18

analogous

#18319F #42189F #85189F

triadic

#42189F #9F4218 #189F42

tetradic

#42189F #9F1831 #759F18 #189F85

square

#42189F #9F1831 #759F18 #189F85

split-complementary

#42189F #9F8518 #319F18

monochromatic

#160835 #2C106A #42189F #5820D4 #7C4DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#42189F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#42189F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42189F

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42189F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42189F	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42189f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 24, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.194 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835dbd',
    500: '#42189f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42189f;
$custom-light: #835dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42189f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37429,
    "c": 0.19362,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42189F

secondary

#A0C64D

accent

#F037B7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42189F

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

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