#42208D#42208D

#42208D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.166 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42208D
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 77.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 42.51, -54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 69.03, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.43% 0.0561 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(36.43% 0.166 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5696, 4.1140, 25.5894)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42208D #6B8D20

analogous

#20348D #42208D #79208D

triadic

#42208D #8D4220 #208D42

tetradic

#42208D #8D2034 #6B8D20 #208D79

square

#42208D #8D2034 #6B8D20 #208D79

split-complementary

#42208D #8D7920 #348D20

monochromatic

#130929 #2B155B #42208D #592BBF #7A50D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#42208D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#42208D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42208D

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42208D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42208D	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42208d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.166 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f60af',
    500: '#42208d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42208d;
$custom-light: #7f60af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42208d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.716,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3643,
    "c": 0.16604,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42208D

secondary

#99BA4E

accent

#E642B3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42208D

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

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