#42239E#42239E

#42239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.183 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42239E
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.24, 45.97, -61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.24, 76.58, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.049 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.183 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0175, 4.8284, 32.7979)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42239E #7F9E23

analogous

#23419E #42239E #7F239E

triadic

#42239E #9E4223 #239E42

tetradic

#42239E #9E2341 #7F9E23 #239E7F

square

#42239E #9E2341 #7F9E23 #239E7F

split-complementary

#42239E #9E7F23 #419E23

monochromatic

#180D3A #2D186C #42239E #572ED0 #7F60DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#42239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#42239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42239E

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42239E	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#124660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.183 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262bc',
    500: '#42239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42239e;
$custom-light: #8262bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.122,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38475,
    "c": 0.18306,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42239E

secondary

#A7C15C

accent

#E741BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42239E

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

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