#42249A#42249A

#42249A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.177 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42249A
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 154)
HSL	hsl(255, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(255, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 76.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 44.30, -59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 73.91, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.0493 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.177 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7086, 4.7526, 31.0240)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42249A #7C9A24

analogous

#24419A #42249A #7D249A

triadic

#42249A #9A4224 #249A42

tetradic

#42249A #9A2441 #7C9A24 #249A7D

square

#42249A #9A2441 #7C9A24 #249A7D

split-complementary

#42249A #9A7D24 #419A24

monochromatic

#170D37 #2D1868 #42249A #5730CC #7E5FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#42249A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#42249A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42249A

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42249A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42249A	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42249a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.177 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162b9',
    500: '#42249a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42249a;
$custom-light: #8162b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42249a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.254,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38199,
    "c": 0.17732,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42249A

secondary

#A5BF5B

accent

#E543BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42249A

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

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