#42259D#42259D

#42259D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.180 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42259D
RGB	rgb(66, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(255, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.49, 44.68, -60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.49, 74.98, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% 0.0478 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.18 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9923, 4.9152, 32.3666)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42259D #809D25

analogous

#25449D #42259D #7E259D

triadic

#42259D #9D4225 #259D42

tetradic

#42259D #9D2544 #809D25 #259D7E

square

#42259D #9D2544 #809D25 #259D7E

split-complementary

#42259D #9D7E25 #449D25

monochromatic

#180E3A #2D196B #42259D #5731CE #7F62DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#42259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#42259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42259D

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42259D	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.180 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8163bb',
    500: '#42259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42259d;
$custom-light: #8163bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38621,
    "c": 0.17987,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42259D

secondary

#A8BF5E

accent

#E543BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42259D

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

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