#42208B#42208B

#42208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.164 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42208B
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 41.94, -53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 67.94, 308.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0566 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.164 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4221, 4.0550, 24.8127)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42208B #698B20

analogous

#20348B #42208B #77208B

triadic

#42208B #8B4220 #208B42

tetradic

#42208B #8B2034 #698B20 #208B77

square

#42208B #8B2034 #698B20 #208B77

split-complementary

#42208B #8B7720 #348B20

monochromatic

#130928 #2A1559 #42208B #5A2BBD #7A4FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#42208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#42208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42208B

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42208B	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#283D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.164 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5fae',
    500: '#42208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42208b;
$custom-light: #7f5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.065,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36236,
    "c": 0.16367,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42208B

secondary

#97BA4D

accent

#E642B2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42208B

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

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