#42259A#42259A

#42259A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.176 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42259A
RGB	rgb(66, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, 43.79, -58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 73.36, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(38.33% 0.0486 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(38.33% 0.176 286)
XYZ	xyz(8.7393, 4.8140, 31.0343)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42259A #7D9A25

analogous

#25429A #42259A #7D259A

triadic

#42259A #9A4225 #259A42

tetradic

#42259A #9A2542 #7D9A25 #259A7D

square

#42259A #9A2542 #7D9A25 #259A7D

split-complementary

#42259A #9A7D25 #429A25

monochromatic

#180D37 #2D1969 #42259A #5731CB #7E60D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#42259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#42259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42259A

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42259A	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.176 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8163b9',
    500: '#42259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42259a;
$custom-light: #8163b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.872,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38326,
    "c": 0.17629,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.04814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42259A

secondary

#A6BE5D

accent

#E443BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42259A

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

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