#42238F#42238F

#42238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.165 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42238F
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.77, 41.57, -54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.77, 68.48, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.053 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.165 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8043, 4.3431, 26.4084)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42238F #708F23

analogous

#233A8F #42238F #78238F

triadic

#42238F #8F4223 #238F42

tetradic

#42238F #8F233A #708F23 #238F78

square

#42238F #8F233A #708F23 #238F78

split-complementary

#42238F #8F7823 #3A8F23

monochromatic

#150B2D #2B175E #42238F #592FC0 #7B57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#42238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#42238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42238F

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42238F	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.165 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61b1',
    500: '#42238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42238f;
$custom-light: #7f61b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.222,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37002,
    "c": 0.16518,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42238F

secondary

#9DBA54

accent

#E444B6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #42238F

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

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