#42267C#42267C

#42267C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.138 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42267C
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 124)
HSL	hsl(260, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(260, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 34.28, -44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 56.03, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.69% 0.054 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(35.69% 0.138 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5770, 3.9995, 19.4903)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42267C #607C26

analogous

#26357C #42267C #6D267C

triadic

#42267C #7C4226 #267C42

tetradic

#42267C #7C2635 #607C26 #267C6D

square

#42267C #7C2635 #607C26 #267C6D

split-complementary

#42267C #7C6D26 #357C26

monochromatic

#10091E #29184D #42267C #5B34AB #7952CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#42267C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#42267C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42267C

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42267C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42267C	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42267c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.138 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c62a3',
    500: '#42267c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42267c;
$custom-light: #7c62a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42267c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3569,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42267C

secondary

#8FAE50

accent

#DC4BAD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42267C

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

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