#42249B#42249B

#42249B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.179 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42249B
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 155)
HSL	hsl(255, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(255, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.12, 44.59, -59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.12, 74.45, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.3% 0.0491 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(38.3% 0.179 286)
XYZ	xyz(8.7923, 4.7861, 31.4645)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42249B #7D9B24

analogous

#24419B #42249B #7E249B

triadic

#42249B #9B4224 #249B42

tetradic

#42249B #9B2441 #7D9B24 #249B7E

square

#42249B #9B2441 #7D9B24 #249B7E

split-complementary

#42249B #9B7E24 #419B24

monochromatic

#180D38 #2D1869 #42249B #5730CD #7E5FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#42249B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#42249B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42249B

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42249B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42249B	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42249b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.179 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162ba',
    500: '#42249b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42249b;
$custom-light: #8162ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42249b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.126,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38298,
    "c": 0.17851,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.04787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42249B

secondary

#A6BF5C

accent

#E542BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42249B

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

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