#42207C#42207C

#42207C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.146 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42207C
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 124)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 37.62, -46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 59.64, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% 0.0603 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.146 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4004, 3.6463, 19.4315)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42207C #5A7C20

analogous

#202C7C #42207C #70207C

triadic

#42207C #7C4220 #207C42

tetradic

#42207C #7C202C #5A7C20 #207C70

square

#42207C #7C202C #5A7C20 #207C70

split-complementary

#42207C #7C7020 #2C7C20

monochromatic

#0E071B #28134B #42207C #5C2DAD #7947CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#42207C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#42207C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42207C

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42207C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42207C	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42207c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.146 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5fa3',
    500: '#42207c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42207c;
$custom-light: #7c5fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42207c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.174,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34831,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42207C

secondary

#89AF49

accent

#E246A8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42207C

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

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