#42247A#42247A

#42247A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.138 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42247A
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 122)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.08, 34.84, -44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.08, 56.12, 308.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.22% 0.0565 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(35.22% 0.138 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3895, 3.8250, 18.8102)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42247A #5C7A24

analogous

#24317A #42247A #6D247A

triadic

#42247A #7A4224 #247A42

tetradic

#42247A #7A2431 #5C7A24 #247A6D

square

#42247A #7A2431 #5C7A24 #247A6D

split-complementary

#42247A #7A6D24 #317A24

monochromatic

#0F081B #28164B #42247A #5C32A9 #794ECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#42247A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#42247A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42247A

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42247A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42247A	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42247a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.138 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61a1',
    500: '#42247a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42247a;
$custom-light: #7c61a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42247a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.93,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35218,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42247A

secondary

#8BAC4D

accent

#DE4AAA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF3

border

#C9C6CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42247A

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

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