#42237D#42237D

#42237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.143 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42237D
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, 36.28, -45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 58.44, 308.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0571 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.143 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5485, 3.8408, 19.7944)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42237D #5E7D23

analogous

#23317D #42237D #6F237D

triadic

#42237D #7D4223 #237D42

tetradic

#42237D #7D2331 #5E7D23 #237D6F

square

#42237D #7D2331 #5E7D23 #237D6F

split-complementary

#42237D #7D6F23 #317D23

monochromatic

#10081D #29164D #42237D #5B30AD #794DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#42237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#42237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42237D

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42237D	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.143 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60a3',
    500: '#42237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42237d;
$custom-light: #7c60a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35336,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42237D

secondary

#8DAF4C

accent

#E048AB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42237D

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

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