#42266A#42266A

#42266A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.114 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42266A
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 106)
HSL	hsl(265, 47%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 64.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, 29.01, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 45.52, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(34.21% 0.0558 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(34.21% 0.114 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5408, 3.5850, 14.0329)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42266A #4E6A26

analogous

#262C6A #42266A #64266A

triadic

#42266A #6A4226 #266A42

tetradic

#42266A #6A262C #4E6A26 #266A64

square

#42266A #6A262C #4E6A26 #266A64

split-complementary

#42266A #6A6426 #2C6A26

monochromatic

#0E0817 #26163D #42266A #5E3697 #7B4CBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#42266A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#42266A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42266A

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42266A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42266A	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42266a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.114 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6295',
    500: '#42266a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42266a;
$custom-light: #7a6295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42266a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 47.222,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34214,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42266A

secondary

#7D9D4F

accent

#D751A0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42266A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →