#42209F#42209F

#42209F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.187 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42209F
RGB	rgb(66, 32, 159)
HSL	hsl(256, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 79.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 47.70, -62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 78.62, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(38.23% 0.0507 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(38.23% 0.187 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0194, 4.6939, 33.2249)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42209F #7D9F20

analogous

#203E9F #42209F #82209F

triadic

#42209F #9F4220 #209F42

tetradic

#42209F #9F203E #7D9F20 #209F82

square

#42209F #9F203E #7D9F20 #209F82

split-complementary

#42209F #9F8220 #3E9F20

monochromatic

#180B39 #2D166C #42209F #572AD2 #7E5BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#42209F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#42209F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42209F

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42209F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42209F	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42209f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 32, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.187 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261bd',
    500: '#42209f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42209f;
$custom-light: #8261bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42209f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.063,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3823,
    "c": 0.18704,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42209F

secondary

#A6C259

accent

#E93EBC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42209F

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

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