#42248E#42248E

#42248E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.163 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42248E
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 74.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 40.75, -53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 67.37, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.0524 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.163 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7587, 4.3726, 26.0211)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42248E #708E24

analogous

#243B8E #42248E #77248E

triadic

#42248E #8E4224 #248E42

tetradic

#42248E #8E243B #708E24 #248E77

square

#42248E #8E243B #708E24 #248E77

split-complementary

#42248E #8E7724 #3B8E24

monochromatic

#150B2C #2B185D #42248E #5930BF #7B58D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#42248E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#42248E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42248E

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42248E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42248E	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42248e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.163 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f62b0',
    500: '#42248e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42248e;
$custom-light: #7f62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42248e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.981,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37038,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42248E

secondary

#9DB955

accent

#E345B6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #42248E

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

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