#42208F#42208F

#42208F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.168 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42208F
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 143)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 77.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.24, 43.09, -55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.24, 70.11, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.63% 0.0555 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(36.63% 0.168 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7198, 4.1741, 26.3802)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42208F #6D8F20

analogous

#20368F #42208F #7A208F

triadic

#42208F #8F4220 #208F42

tetradic

#42208F #8F2036 #6D8F20 #208F7A

square

#42208F #8F2036 #6D8F20 #208F7A

split-complementary

#42208F #8F7A20 #368F20

monochromatic

#140A2B #2B155D #42208F #592BC1 #7B51D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#42208F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#42208F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42208F

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42208F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42208F	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42208f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.168 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f60b1',
    500: '#42208f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42208f;
$custom-light: #7f60b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42208f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.378,
    "s": 63.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36625,
    "c": 0.1684,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42208F

secondary

#9ABB4F

accent

#E641B4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #42208F

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

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