#42258D#42258D

#42258D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.160 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42258D
RGB	rgb(66, 37, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 73.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 39.91, -52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 66.25, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.0518 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.16 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7147, 4.4041, 25.6377)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42258D #708D25

analogous

#253C8D #42258D #76258D

triadic

#42258D #8D4225 #258D42

tetradic

#42258D #8D253C #708D25 #258D76

square

#42258D #8D253C #708D25 #258D76

split-complementary

#42258D #8D7625 #3C8D25

monochromatic

#150C2C #2B185D #42258D #5932BD #7B59D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#42258D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#42258D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42258D

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42258D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42258D	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42258d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 37, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.160 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f62af',
    500: '#42258d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42258d;
$custom-light: #7f62af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42258d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.731,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37079,
    "c": 0.16048,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42258D

secondary

#9DB856

accent

#E246B6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42258D

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

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