#42256E#42256E

#42256E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.121 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42256E
RGB	rgb(66, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(264, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.33, 30.76, -37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.33, 48.53, 309.33°)
OKLab	oklab(34.37% 0.0568 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(34.37% 0.121 298)
XYZ	xyz(5.7221, 3.6071, 15.1436)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42256E #516E25

analogous

#252D6E #42256E #67256E

triadic

#42256E #6E4225 #256E42

tetradic

#42256E #6E252D #516E25 #256E67

square

#42256E #6E252D #516E25 #256E67

split-complementary

#42256E #6E6725 #2D6E25

monochromatic

#0E0817 #271640 #42256E #5D349C #7A4BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#42256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#42256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42256E

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42256E	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01356C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.121 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6198',
    500: '#42256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42256e;
$custom-light: #7a6198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.836,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34367,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.03607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42256E

secondary

#80A14E

accent

#D94FA2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42256E

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

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