#42267A#42267A

#42267A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.135 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42267A
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 122)
HSL	hsl(260, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(260, 69%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 68.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.50, 33.69, -43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.50, 54.88, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% 0.0543 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.135 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4518, 3.9494, 18.8310)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42267A #5E7A26

analogous

#26347A #42267A #6C267A

triadic

#42267A #7A4226 #267A42

tetradic

#42267A #7A2634 #5E7A26 #267A6C

square

#42267A #7A2634 #5E7A26 #267A6C

split-complementary

#42267A #7A6C26 #347A26

monochromatic

#10091D #29174B #42267A #5B35A9 #7951C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#42267A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#42267A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42267A

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42267A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42267A	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42267a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.135 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c62a1',
    500: '#42267a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42267a;
$custom-light: #7c62a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42267a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35519,
    "c": 0.13523,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42267A

secondary

#8DAC50

accent

#DC4CAC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF3

border

#C9C6CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42267A

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

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