#42248F#42248F

#42248F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.164 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42248F
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 143)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 74.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 41.04, -54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 67.92, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0522 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.164 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8341, 4.4028, 26.4183)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42248F #718F24

analogous

#243C8F #42248F #77248F

triadic

#42248F #8F4224 #248F42

tetradic

#42248F #8F243C #718F24 #248F77

square

#42248F #8F243C #718F24 #248F77

split-complementary

#42248F #8F7724 #3C8F24

monochromatic

#150B2D #2B185E #42248F #5930C0 #7B58D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#42248F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#42248F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42248F

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42248F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42248F	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42248f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.164 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f62b1',
    500: '#42248f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42248f;
$custom-light: #7f62b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42248f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.822,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37133,
    "c": 0.16408,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42248F

secondary

#9DB955

accent

#E345B7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #42248F

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

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