#42259C#42259C

#42259C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.179 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42259C
RGB	rgb(66, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(255, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.39, 44.38, -59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.39, 74.44, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0481 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.179 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9073, 4.8812, 31.9188)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42259C #7F9C25

analogous

#25439C #42259C #7D259C

triadic

#42259C #9C4225 #259C42

tetradic

#42259C #9C2543 #7F9C25 #259C7D

square

#42259C #9C2543 #7F9C25 #259C7D

split-complementary

#42259C #9C7D25 #439C25

monochromatic

#180E39 #2D196B #42259C #5731CD #7F62DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#42259C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#42259C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42259C

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42259C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42259C	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.179 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8163ba',
    500: '#42259c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42259c;
$custom-light: #8163ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.622,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38523,
    "c": 0.17868,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42259C

secondary

#A7BF5E

accent

#E543BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42259C

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

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