#42207B#42207B

#42207B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.144 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42207B
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 123)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 74%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.38, 37.33, -45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.38, 59.08, 309.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0606 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.144 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3375, 3.6212, 19.1001)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42207B #597B20

analogous

#202B7B #42207B #70207B

triadic

#42207B #7B4220 #207B42

tetradic

#42207B #7B202B #597B20 #207B70

square

#42207B #7B202B #597B20 #207B70

split-complementary

#42207B #7B7020 #2B7B20

monochromatic

#0E071A #28134A #42207B #5C2DAC #7946CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#42207B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#42207B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42207B

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42207B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42207B	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42207b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.144 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5fa2',
    500: '#42207b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42207b;
$custom-light: #7c5fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42207b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.418,
    "s": 58.71,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3474,
    "c": 0.1444,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42207B

secondary

#88AE49

accent

#E246A8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42207B

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

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