#42239F#42239F

#42239F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.184 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42239F
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 159)
HSL	hsl(255, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 78%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.34, 46.27, -61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.34, 77.11, 306.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.58% 0.0487 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(38.58% 0.184 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1039, 4.8630, 33.2531)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42239F #809F23

analogous

#23429F #42239F #80239F

triadic

#42239F #9F4223 #239F42

tetradic

#42239F #9F2342 #809F23 #239F80

square

#42239F #9F2342 #809F23 #239F80

split-complementary

#42239F #9F8023 #429F23

monochromatic

#180D3B #2D186D #42239F #572ED1 #7F60DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#42239F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#42239F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42239F

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42239F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42239F	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#104760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42239f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.184 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262bd',
    500: '#42239f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42239f;
$custom-light: #8262bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42239f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38576,
    "c": 0.18422,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42239F

secondary

#A8C15D

accent

#E741BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42239F

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

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