#42246D#42246D

#42246D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.121 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42246D
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 109)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 67%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.03, 31.06, -37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.03, 48.60, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(34.13% 0.0582 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(34.13% 0.121 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6373, 3.5241, 14.8482)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42246D #4F6D24

analogous

#242A6D #42246D #66246D

triadic

#42246D #6D4224 #246D42

tetradic

#42246D #6D242A #4F6D24 #246D66

square

#42246D #6D242A #4F6D24 #246D66

split-complementary

#42246D #6D6624 #2A6D24

monochromatic

#0E0817 #26153F #42246D #5E339B #7B49C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#42246D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#42246D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42246D

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42246D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42246D	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01346B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42246d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.121 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6097',
    500: '#42246d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42246d;
$custom-light: #7a6097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42246d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.658,
    "s": 50.345,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34128,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42246D

secondary

#7EA04D

accent

#DA4EA0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42246D

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

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