#42248A#42248A

#42248A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.158 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42248A
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 73.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.50, 39.56, -51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.50, 65.16, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.0534 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.158 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4638, 4.2547, 24.4678)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42248A #6C8A24

analogous

#24398A #42248A #75248A

triadic

#42248A #8A4224 #248A42

tetradic

#42248A #8A2439 #6C8A24 #248A75

square

#42248A #8A2439 #6C8A24 #248A75

split-complementary

#42248A #8A7524 #398A24

monochromatic

#140B29 #2B1759 #42248A #5931BB #7A56D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#42248A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#42248A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42248A

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42248A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42248A	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#283F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42248a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.158 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e62ad',
    500: '#42248a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42248a;
$custom-light: #7e62ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42248a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36661,
    "c": 0.15795,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42248A

secondary

#9AB753

accent

#E246B4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42248A

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

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