#42199E#42199E

#42199E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.192 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42199E
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.71, 50.43, -63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.71, 81.30, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.41% 0.0552 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(37.41% 0.192 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7641, 4.3216, 32.7135)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42199E #759E19

analogous

#19329E #42199E #84199E

triadic

#42199E #9E4219 #199E42

tetradic

#42199E #9E1932 #759E19 #199E84

square

#42199E #9E1932 #759E19 #199E84

split-complementary

#42199E #9E8419 #329E19

monochromatic

#160834 #2C1169 #42199E #5821D3 #7C4EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#42199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#42199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42199E

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42199E	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.192 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825dbc',
    500: '#42199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42199e;
$custom-light: #825dbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.496,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37413,
    "c": 0.19177,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42199E

secondary

#A0C54E

accent

#EF38B7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42199E

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

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