#42206F#42206F

#42206F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.130 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42206F
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 111)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 71.2%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.35, 33.92, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.35, 52.27, 310.47°)
OKLab	oklab(33.69% 0.0628 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(33.69% 0.13 299)
XYZ	xyz(5.6318, 3.3389, 15.3836)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42206F #4D6F20

analogous

#20256F #42206F #69206F

triadic

#42206F #6F4220 #206F42

tetradic

#42206F #6F2025 #4D6F20 #206F69

square

#42206F #6F2025 #4D6F20 #206F69

split-complementary

#42206F #6F6920 #256F20

monochromatic

#0E0718 #26123F #42206F #5E2E9F #7B41C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#42206F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#42206F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42206F

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42206F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42206F	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42206f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.130 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5e99',
    500: '#42206f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42206f;
$custom-light: #7b5e99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42206f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.823,
    "s": 55.245,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3369,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.03339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42206F

secondary

#7CA348

accent

#DF499E

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42206F

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

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