#42249C#42249C

#42249C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.180 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42249C
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 156)
HSL	hsl(255, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 76.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.22, 44.89, -60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.22, 74.98, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.0488 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.18 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8766, 4.8198, 31.9086)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42249C #7E9C24

analogous

#24429C #42249C #7E249C

triadic

#42249C #9C4224 #249C42

tetradic

#42249C #9C2442 #7E9C24 #249C7E

square

#42249C #9C2442 #7E9C24 #249C7E

split-complementary

#42249C #9C7E24 #429C24

monochromatic

#180D39 #2D196A #42249C #572FCE #7F60DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#42249C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#42249C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42249C

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42249C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42249C	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42249c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.180 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8163ba',
    500: '#42249c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42249c;
$custom-light: #8163ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42249c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38397,
    "c": 0.1797,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42249C

secondary

#A7BF5C

accent

#E642BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42249C

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

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