#42258F#42258F

#42258F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.163 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42258F
RGB	rgb(66, 37, 143)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 74.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.15, 40.51, -53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.15, 67.35, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0513 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.163 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8648, 4.4642, 26.4285)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42258F #728F25

analogous

#253D8F #42258F #77258F

triadic

#42258F #8F4225 #258F42

tetradic

#42258F #8F253D #728F25 #258F77

square

#42258F #8F253D #728F25 #258F77

split-complementary

#42258F #8F7725 #3D8F25

monochromatic

#150C2E #2C185E #42258F #5832C0 #7C5AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#42258F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#42258F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42258F

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42258F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42258F	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42258f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 37, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.163 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f62b1',
    500: '#42258f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42258f;
$custom-light: #7f62b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42258f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.415,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37267,
    "c": 0.16294,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42258F

secondary

#9EB957

accent

#E246B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42258F

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

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