#42236E#42236E

#42236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.124 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42236E
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 31.94, -38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 49.82, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.0593 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.124 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6616, 3.4860, 15.1234)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42236E #4F6E23

analogous

#23296E #42236E #67236E

triadic

#42236E #6E4223 #236E42

tetradic

#42236E #6E2329 #4F6E23 #236E67

square

#42236E #6E2329 #4F6E23 #236E67

split-complementary

#42236E #6E6723 #296E23

monochromatic

#0E0717 #261440 #42236E #5E329C #7B47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#42236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#42236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42236E

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42236E	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.124 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6098',
    500: '#42236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42236e;
$custom-light: #7a6098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.8,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34054,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42236E

secondary

#7EA14C

accent

#DB4DA0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42236E

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

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