#42247E#42247E

#42247E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.143 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42247E
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 126)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.43, 36.01, -45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.43, 58.41, 308.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.57% 0.0558 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(35.57% 0.143 293)
XYZ	xyz(6.6425, 3.9262, 20.1425)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42247E #607E24

analogous

#24337E #42247E #6F247E

triadic

#42247E #7E4224 #247E42

tetradic

#42247E #7E2433 #607E24 #247E6F

square

#42247E #7E2433 #607E24 #247E6F

split-complementary

#42247E #7E6F24 #337E24

monochromatic

#10091F #29164E #42247E #5B32AE #7950CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#42247E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#42247E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42247E

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42247E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42247E	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42247e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.143 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61a4',
    500: '#42247e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42247e;
$custom-light: #7c61a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42247e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35569,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.03926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42247E

secondary

#8FB04E

accent

#DF49AD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42247E

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

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