#42237F#42237F

#42237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.146 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42237F
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 36.86, -46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 59.58, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% 0.0567 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.146 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6775, 3.8924, 20.4740)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42237F #607F23

analogous

#23327F #42237F #70237F

triadic

#42237F #7F4223 #237F42

tetradic

#42237F #7F2332 #607F23 #237F70

square

#42237F #7F2332 #607F23 #237F70

split-complementary

#42237F #7F7023 #327F23

monochromatic

#10091F #29164F #42237F #5B30AF #794ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#42237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#42237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42237F

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42237F	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.146 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61a5',
    500: '#42237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42237f;
$custom-light: #7d61a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.217,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35515,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42237F

secondary

#8FB14C

accent

#E048AD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42237F

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

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