#42243E#42243E

#42243E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.061 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42243E
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 62)
HSL	hsl(308, 29%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(308, 45%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 6.1%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.09, 18.92, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.09, 21.69, 330.73°)
OKLab	oklab(31.01% 0.0538 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(31.01% 0.061 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.7471, 2.7680, 4.8934)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42243E #244228

analogous

#372442 #42243E #42242F

triadic

#42243E #3E4224 #243E42

tetradic

#42243E #423724 #244228 #242F42

square

#42243E #423724 #244228 #242F42

split-complementary

#42243E #2F4224 #244237

monochromatic

#140B13 #1A0E19 #42243E #6A3A63 #914F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.52

#42243E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#42243E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42243E

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42243E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42243E	1.00	13.52	1.55	13.52
#FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B303D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44262E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42243e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.061 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775f73',
    500: '#42243e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42243e;
$custom-light: #775f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42243e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31011,
    "c": 0.06094,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42243E

secondary

#4D7552

accent

#C66F62

background

#F7F5F6

surface

#EDE9EC

border

#C8C5C7

text

#090408

muted

#7B797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42243E

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

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