#42207F#42207F

#42207F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.149 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42207F
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 127)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 74.8%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.74, 38.48, -47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.74, 61.32, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(35.1% 0.0597 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(35.1% 0.149 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5930, 3.7234, 20.4459)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42207F #5D7F20

analogous

#202D7F #42207F #71207F

triadic

#42207F #7F4220 #207F42

tetradic

#42207F #7F202D #5D7F20 #207F71

square

#42207F #7F202D #5D7F20 #207F71

split-complementary

#42207F #7F7120 #2D7F20

monochromatic

#0F071D #29144E #42207F #5B2CB0 #7948D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#42207F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#42207F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42207F

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42207F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42207F	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42207f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.149 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5fa5',
    500: '#42207f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42207f;
$custom-light: #7d5fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42207f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.474,
    "s": 59.748,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35105,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42207F

secondary

#8CB249

accent

#E345AA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42207F

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

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