#42247F#42247F

#42247F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.144 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42247F
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 127)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 71.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.51, 36.31, -46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.51, 58.98, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.66% 0.0556 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(35.66% 0.144 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7073, 3.9521, 20.4840)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42247F #617F24

analogous

#24347F #42247F #70247F

triadic

#42247F #7F4224 #247F42

tetradic

#42247F #7F2434 #617F24 #247F70

square

#42247F #7F2434 #617F24 #247F70

split-complementary

#42247F #7F7024 #347F24

monochromatic

#100920 #29164F #42247F #5B32AF #7950CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#42247F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#42247F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42247F

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42247F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42247F	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42247f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.144 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61a5',
    500: '#42247f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42247f;
$custom-light: #7c61a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42247f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.78,
    "s": 55.828,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35658,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42247F

secondary

#90B14E

accent

#DF49AE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42247F

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

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