#42247C#42247C

#42247C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.141 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42247C
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 124)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 71%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.25, 35.43, -45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.25, 57.27, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.0562 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.141 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5147, 3.8750, 19.4696)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42247C #5E7C24

analogous

#24327C #42247C #6E247C

triadic

#42247C #7C4224 #247C42

tetradic

#42247C #7C2432 #5E7C24 #247C6E

square

#42247C #7C2432 #5E7C24 #247C6E

split-complementary

#42247C #7C6E24 #327C24

monochromatic

#10081D #29164D #42247C #5B32AB #794FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#42247C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#42247C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42247C

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42247C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42247C	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42247c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.141 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61a3',
    500: '#42247c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42247c;
$custom-light: #7c61a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42247c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35392,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42247C

secondary

#8DAE4D

accent

#DE49AC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42247C

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

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