#42207E#42207E

#42207E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.148 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42207E
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 126)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 74.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 38.19, -47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 60.76, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.0599 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.148 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5281, 3.6974, 20.1043)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42207E #5C7E20

analogous

#202D7E #42207E #71207E

triadic

#42207E #7E4220 #207E42

tetradic

#42207E #7E202D #5C7E20 #207E71

square

#42207E #7E202D #5C7E20 #207E71

split-complementary

#42207E #7E7120 #2D7E20

monochromatic

#0F071C #28144D #42207E #5C2CAF #7948D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#42207E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#42207E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42207E

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42207E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42207E	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42207e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.148 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5fa4',
    500: '#42207e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42207e;
$custom-light: #7d5fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42207e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.702,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35013,
    "c": 0.14805,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42207E

secondary

#8BB149

accent

#E345AA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42207E

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

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