#42267B#42267B

#42267B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.137 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42267B
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 123)
HSL	hsl(260, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(260, 69%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 69.1%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, 33.99, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 55.46, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0541 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.137 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5141, 3.9743, 19.1590)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42267B #5F7B26

analogous

#26357B #42267B #6D267B

triadic

#42267B #7B4226 #267B42

tetradic

#42267B #7B2635 #5F7B26 #267B6D

square

#42267B #7B2635 #5F7B26 #267B6D

split-complementary

#42267B #7B6D26 #357B26

monochromatic

#10091D #29184C #42267B #5B34AA #7952CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#42267B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#42267B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42267B

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42267B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42267B	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42267b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.137 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c62a2',
    500: '#42267b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42267b;
$custom-light: #7c62a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42267b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.765,
    "s": 52.795,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35604,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42267B

secondary

#8EAD50

accent

#DC4CAD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF3

border

#C9C6CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42267B

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

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