#42248C#42248C

#42248C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.160 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42248C
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 140)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 74.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 40.15, -52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 66.27, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.0529 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.16 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6099, 4.3131, 25.2374)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42248C #6E8C24

analogous

#243A8C #42248C #76248C

triadic

#42248C #8C4224 #248C42

tetradic

#42248C #8C243A #6E8C24 #248C76

square

#42248C #8C243A #6E8C24 #248C76

split-complementary

#42248C #8C7624 #3A8C24

monochromatic

#140B2B #2B175B #42248C #5931BD #7B57D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#42248C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#42248C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42248C

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42248C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42248C	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42248c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.160 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e62af',
    500: '#42248c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42248c;
$custom-light: #7e62af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42248c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.308,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36849,
    "c": 0.16041,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42248C

secondary

#9BB854

accent

#E246B5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42248C

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

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