#42236B#42236B

#42236B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.120 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42236B
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.66, 31.08, -36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.66, 48.08, 310.28°)
OKLab	oklab(33.81% 0.0596 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(33.81% 0.12 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.5010, 3.4218, 14.2777)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42236B #4C6B23

analogous

#23286B #42236B #66236B

triadic

#42236B #6B4223 #236B42

tetradic

#42236B #6B2328 #4C6B23 #236B66

square

#42236B #6B2328 #4C6B23 #236B66

split-complementary

#42236B #6B6623 #286B23

monochromatic

#0E0817 #26143D #42236B #5E3299 #7C46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#42236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#42236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42236B

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42236B	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.120 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6096',
    500: '#42236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42236b;
$custom-light: #7a6096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.833,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3381,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42236B

secondary

#7B9E4B

accent

#DA4E9E

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42236B

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

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