#42207A#42207A

#42207A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.143 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42207A
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 122)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 73.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.29, 37.04, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.29, 58.52, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% 0.0608 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.143 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2752, 3.5963, 18.7721)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42207A #587A20

analogous

#202B7A #42207A #6F207A

triadic

#42207A #7A4220 #207A42

tetradic

#42207A #7A202B #587A20 #207A6F

square

#42207A #7A202B #587A20 #207A6F

split-complementary

#42207A #7A6F20 #2B7A20

monochromatic

#0E0719 #28134A #42207A #5C2DAA #7A46CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#42207A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#42207A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42207A

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42207A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42207A	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42207a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.143 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5fa1',
    500: '#42207a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42207a;
$custom-light: #7c5fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42207a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.667,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3465,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42207A

secondary

#87AD49

accent

#E246A7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42207A

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

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