#42266F#42266F

#42266F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.121 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42266F
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 111)
HSL	hsl(263, 49%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(263, 66%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 65.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.63, 30.45, -37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.63, 48.46, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.0555 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.121 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8084, 3.6921, 15.4425)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42266F #536F26

analogous

#262F6F #42266F #67266F

triadic

#42266F #6F4226 #266F42

tetradic

#42266F #6F262F #536F26 #266F67

square

#42266F #6F262F #536F26 #266F67

split-complementary

#42266F #6F6726 #2F6F26

monochromatic

#0E0817 #271641 #42266F #5D369D #7A4DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#42266F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#42266F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42266F

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42266F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42266F	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01356D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42266f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.121 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6299',
    500: '#42266f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42266f;
$custom-light: #7a6299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42266f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.014,
    "s": 48.993,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34608,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42266F

secondary

#82A24F

accent

#D94FA4

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42266F

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

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