#42208A#42208A

#42208A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.162 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42208A
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 138)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 76.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.76, 41.65, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.76, 67.39, 308.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.14% 0.0569 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(36.14% 0.162 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3494, 4.0259, 24.4297)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.08

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42208A #688A20

analogous

#20338A #42208A #77208A

triadic

#42208A #8A4220 #208A42

tetradic

#42208A #8A2033 #688A20 #208A77

square

#42208A #8A2033 #688A20 #208A77

split-complementary

#42208A #8A7720 #338A20

monochromatic

#120927 #2A1458 #42208A #5A2CBC #7A4ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#42208A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#42208A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42208A

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42208A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42208A	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42208a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.162 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5fad',
    500: '#42208a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42208a;
$custom-light: #7e5fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42208a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.245,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3614,
    "c": 0.16248,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42208A

secondary

#96B94D

accent

#E542B1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42208A

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

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