#42208C#42208C

#42208C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.165 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42208C
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 140)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 77.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 42.22, -53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 68.48, 308.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.33% 0.0563 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(36.33% 0.165 290)
XYZ	xyz(7.4955, 4.0844, 25.1993)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42208C #6A8C20

analogous

#20348C #42208C #78208C

triadic

#42208C #8C4220 #208C42

tetradic

#42208C #8C2034 #6A8C20 #208C78

square

#42208C #8C2034 #6A8C20 #208C78

split-complementary

#42208C #8C7820 #348C20

monochromatic

#130928 #2B155A #42208C #592BBE #7A50D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#42208C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#42208C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42208C

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42208C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42208C	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42208c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.165 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5faf',
    500: '#42208c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42208c;
$custom-light: #7f5faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42208c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.889,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36333,
    "c": 0.16486,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.04085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42208C

secondary

#98BA4E

accent

#E642B2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42208C

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

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