#42236D#42236D

#42236D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.123 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42236D
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 31.65, -37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 49.24, 310.00°)
OKLab	oklab(33.97% 0.0594 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(33.97% 0.123 299)
XYZ	xyz(5.6074, 3.4644, 14.8383)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42236D #4E6D23

analogous

#23296D #42236D #67236D

triadic

#42236D #6D4223 #236D42

tetradic

#42236D #6D2329 #4E6D23 #236D67

square

#42236D #6D2329 #4E6D23 #236D67

split-complementary

#42236D #6D6723 #296D23

monochromatic

#0E0717 #26143F #42236D #5E329B #7B47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#42236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#42236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42236D

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42236D	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.123 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6097',
    500: '#42236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42236d;
$custom-light: #7a6097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.135,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33972,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.03464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42236D

secondary

#7DA04B

accent

#DB4D9F

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42236D

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

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