#42249F#42249F

#42249F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.183 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42249F
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 159)
HSL	hsl(255, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 77.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.51, 45.77, -61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.51, 76.58, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.048 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.183 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1337, 4.9227, 33.2630)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42249F #819F24

analogous

#24439F #42249F #7F249F

triadic

#42249F #9F4224 #249F42

tetradic

#42249F #9F2443 #819F24 #249F7F

square

#42249F #9F2443 #819F24 #249F7F

split-complementary

#42249F #9F7F24 #439F24

monochromatic

#190D3B #2D196D #42249F #5730D0 #8062DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#42249F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#42249F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42249F

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42249F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42249F	1.00	10.58	1.98	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#104760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42249f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.183 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8263bd',
    500: '#42249f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42249f;
$custom-light: #8263bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42249f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.634,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38696,
    "c": 0.18325,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42249F

secondary

#A9C15E

accent

#E642BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42249F

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

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