#42208E#42208E

#42208E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.167 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42208E
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 42.80, -54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 69.57, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% 0.0558 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.167 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6443, 4.1439, 25.9830)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42208E #6C8E20

analogous

#20358E #42208E #79208E

triadic

#42208E #8E4220 #208E42

tetradic

#42208E #8E2035 #6C8E20 #208E79

square

#42208E #8E2035 #6C8E20 #208E79

split-complementary

#42208E #8E7920 #358E20

monochromatic

#14092A #2B155C #42208E #592BC0 #7A51D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#42208E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#42208E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42208E

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42208E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42208E	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42208e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.167 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f60b0',
    500: '#42208e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42208e;
$custom-light: #7f60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42208e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36527,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42208E

secondary

#9ABB4F

accent

#E642B3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #42208E

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

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