#42206C#42206C

#42206C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.126 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42206C
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 108)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 70.4%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.11, 33.08, -38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.11, 50.55, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(33.44% 0.0632 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(33.44% 0.126 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4694, 3.2739, 14.5282)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42206C #4A6C20

analogous

#20246C #42206C #68206C

triadic

#42206C #6C4220 #206C42

tetradic

#42206C #6C2024 #4A6C20 #206C68

square

#42206C #6C2024 #4A6C20 #206C68

split-complementary

#42206C #6C6820 #246C20

monochromatic

#0E0718 #25123D #42206C #5F2E9B #7C40C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#42206C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#42206C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42206C

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42206C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42206C	1.00	12.69	1.65	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42206c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.126 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5e97',
    500: '#42206c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42206c;
$custom-light: #7a5e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42206c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.842,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33439,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42206C

secondary

#79A048

accent

#DE4A9C

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42206C

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

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