#42206D#42206D

#42206D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.127 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42206D
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 109)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 70.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.19, 33.36, -38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.19, 51.12, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(33.52% 0.0631 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(33.52% 0.127 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.5229, 3.2953, 14.8101)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42206D #4B6D20

analogous

#20246D #42206D #69206D

triadic

#42206D #6D4220 #206D42

tetradic

#42206D #6D2024 #4B6D20 #206D69

square

#42206D #6D2024 #4B6D20 #206D69

split-complementary

#42206D #6D6920 #246D20

monochromatic

#0E0718 #25123E #42206D #5F2E9C #7C40C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#42206D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#42206D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42206D

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42206D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42206D	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42206d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.127 299.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42206d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.494,
    "s": 54.61,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33522,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42206D

secondary

#7AA148

accent

#DE4A9D

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42206D

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

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