#42259F#42259F

#42259F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.182 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42259F
RGB	rgb(66, 37, 159)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 76.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 45.27, -61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 76.05, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% 0.0472 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.182 285)
XYZ	xyz(9.1644, 4.9840, 33.2733)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42259F #829F25

analogous

#25459F #42259F #7F259F

triadic

#42259F #9F4225 #259F42

tetradic

#42259F #9F2545 #829F25 #259F7F

square

#42259F #9F2545 #829F25 #259F7F

split-complementary

#42259F #9F7F25 #459F25

monochromatic

#190E3C #2D196D #42259F #5732CF #8064DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#42259F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#42259F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42259F

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42259F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42259F	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#104861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42259f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 37, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.182 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8263bd',
    500: '#42259f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42259f;
$custom-light: #8263bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42259f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.262,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3882,
    "c": 0.18226,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.04985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42259F

secondary

#A9C05F

accent

#E542BF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42259F

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

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