#42209E#42209E

#42209E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.186 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42209E
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 158)
HSL	hsl(256, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 79.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.74, 47.41, -62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.74, 78.10, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% 0.051 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.186 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9330, 4.6594, 32.7698)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42209E #7C9E20

analogous

#203D9E #42209E #81209E

triadic

#42209E #9E4220 #209E42

tetradic

#42209E #9E203D #7C9E20 #209E81

square

#42209E #9E203D #7C9E20 #209E81

split-complementary

#42209E #9E8120 #3D9E20

monochromatic

#170B38 #2D166B #42209E #572AD1 #7E5BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#42209E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#42209E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42209E

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42209E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42209E	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42209e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.186 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260bc',
    500: '#42209e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42209e;
$custom-light: #8260bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42209e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.19,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38127,
    "c": 0.18589,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42209E

secondary

#A5C258

accent

#E93FBB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42209E

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

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