#42249E#42249E

#42249E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.182 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42249E
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 77.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.41, 45.48, -60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.41, 76.05, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0482 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.182 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0473, 4.8881, 32.8079)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42249E #809E24

analogous

#24439E #42249E #7F249E

triadic

#42249E #9E4224 #249E42

tetradic

#42249E #9E2443 #809E24 #249E7F

square

#42249E #9E2443 #809E24 #249E7F

split-complementary

#42249E #9E7F24 #439E24

monochromatic

#180D3A #2D196C #42249E #572FD0 #7F61DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#42249E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#42249E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42249E

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42249E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42249E	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#124760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42249e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.182 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8263bc',
    500: '#42249e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42249e;
$custom-light: #8263bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42249e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.754,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38596,
    "c": 0.18207,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42249E

secondary

#A8C05E

accent

#E642BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42249E

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

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