#42199F#42199F

#42199F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.193 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42199F
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 159)
HSL	hsl(258, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 84.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 50.70, -64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 81.80, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0549 -0.1849)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.193 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8505, 4.3562, 33.1686)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42199F #769F19

analogous

#19339F #42199F #85199F

triadic

#42199F #9F4219 #199F42

tetradic

#42199F #9F1933 #769F19 #199F85

square

#42199F #9F1933 #769F19 #199F85

split-complementary

#42199F #9F8519 #339F19

monochromatic

#160835 #2C116A #42199F #5821D4 #7C4FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#42199F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#42199F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42199F

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42199F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42199F	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	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: #42199f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.193 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825dbd',
    500: '#42199f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42199f;
$custom-light: #825dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42199f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.358,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37519,
    "c": 0.19287,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42199F

secondary

#A1C64E

accent

#F038B7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42199F

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

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