#42207D#42207D

#42207D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.147 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42207D
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 125)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.56, 37.90, -46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.56, 60.20, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.0601 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.147 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4639, 3.6718, 19.7662)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42207D #5B7D20

analogous

#202D7D #42207D #70207D

triadic

#42207D #7D4220 #207D42

tetradic

#42207D #7D202D #5B7D20 #207D70

square

#42207D #7D202D #5B7D20 #207D70

split-complementary

#42207D #7D7020 #2D7D20

monochromatic

#0F071C #28144C #42207D #5C2CAE #7947D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#42207D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#42207D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42207D

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42207D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42207D	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42207d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.147 294.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42207d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.935,
    "s": 59.236,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34922,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42207D

secondary

#8AB049

accent

#E245A9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42207D

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

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