#42266E#42266E

#42266E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.119 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42266E
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 110)
HSL	hsl(263, 49%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 65.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, 30.16, -37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 47.88, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.53% 0.0556 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(34.53% 0.12 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7536, 3.6702, 15.1541)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42266E #526E26

analogous

#262E6E #42266E #66266E

triadic

#42266E #6E4226 #266E42

tetradic

#42266E #6E262E #526E26 #266E66

square

#42266E #6E262E #526E26 #266E66

split-complementary

#42266E #6E6626 #2E6E26

monochromatic

#0E0817 #271641 #42266E #5D369B #7A4DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#42266E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#42266E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42266E

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42266E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42266E	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04356C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42266e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.119 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6298',
    500: '#42266e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42266e;
$custom-light: #7a6298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42266e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 48.649,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34528,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42266E

secondary

#81A14F

accent

#D850A3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42266E

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

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