#42239D#42239D

#42239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.182 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42239D
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(255, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 45.68, -60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 76.05, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.0492 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.182 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9318, 4.7941, 32.3465)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42239D #7E9D23

analogous

#23419D #42239D #7F239D

triadic

#42239D #9D4223 #239D42

tetradic

#42239D #9D2341 #7E9D23 #239D7F

square

#42239D #9D2341 #7E9D23 #239D7F

split-complementary

#42239D #9D7F23 #419D23

monochromatic

#180D39 #2D186B #42239D #572ECF #7F5FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#42239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#42239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42239D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42239D	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.182 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162bb',
    500: '#42239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42239d;
$custom-light: #8162bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.246,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38375,
    "c": 0.18187,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42239D

secondary

#A7C05C

accent

#E741BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42239D

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

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