#42247D#42247D

#42247D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.142 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42247D
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 125)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 71.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.34, 35.72, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.34, 57.84, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.48% 0.056 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(35.48% 0.142 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5783, 3.9005, 19.8043)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42247D #5F7D24

analogous

#24327D #42247D #6F247D

triadic

#42247D #7D4224 #247D42

tetradic

#42247D #7D2432 #5F7D24 #247D6F

square

#42247D #7D2432 #5F7D24 #247D6F

split-complementary

#42247D #7D6F24 #327D24

monochromatic

#10091E #29164D #42247D #5B32AD #794FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#42247D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#42247D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42247D

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42247D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42247D	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42247d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.142 293.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42247d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.225,
    "s": 55.28,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3548,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42247D

secondary

#8EAF4D

accent

#DF49AC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42247D

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

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