#42238C#42238C

#42238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.162 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42238C
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 40.69, -53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 66.83, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.72% 0.0538 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(36.72% 0.162 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5801, 4.2534, 25.2274)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42238C #6D8C23

analogous

#23398C #42238C #77238C

triadic

#42238C #8C4223 #238C42

tetradic

#42238C #8C2339 #6D8C23 #238C77

square

#42238C #8C2339 #6D8C23 #238C77

split-complementary

#42238C #8C7723 #398C23

monochromatic

#140B2A #2B175B #42238C #592FBD #7B55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#42238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#42238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42238C

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42238C	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.162 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61af',
    500: '#42238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42238c;
$custom-light: #7f61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36716,
    "c": 0.16155,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42238C

secondary

#9AB852

accent

#E345B4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42238C

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

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