#42246F#42246F

#42246F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.124 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42246F
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 111)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 67.6%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.19, 31.64, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.19, 49.77, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(34.29% 0.058 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(34.29% 0.124 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7462, 3.5676, 15.4217)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42246F #516F24

analogous

#242C6F #42246F #68246F

triadic

#42246F #6F4224 #246F42

tetradic

#42246F #6F242C #516F24 #246F68

square

#42246F #6F242C #516F24 #246F68

split-complementary

#42246F #6F6824 #2C6F24

monochromatic

#0E0717 #271541 #42246F #5D339D #7A49C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#42246F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#42246F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42246F

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42246F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42246F	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42246f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.124 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6199',
    500: '#42246f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42246f;
$custom-light: #7a6199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42246f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3429,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42246F

secondary

#80A24D

accent

#DA4DA2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42246F

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

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