#42267D#42267D

#42267D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.139 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42267D
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 125)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 69.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 34.58, -44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 56.61, 307.65°)
OKLab	oklab(35.78% 0.0539 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(35.78% 0.139 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6405, 4.0249, 19.8251)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42267D #617D26

analogous

#26367D #42267D #6E267D

triadic

#42267D #7D4226 #267D42

tetradic

#42267D #7D2636 #617D26 #267D6E

square

#42267D #7D2636 #617D26 #267D6E

split-complementary

#42267D #7D6E26 #367D26

monochromatic

#10091F #29184E #42267D #5B34AC #7953CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#42267D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#42267D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42267D

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42267D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42267D	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42267d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.139 292.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42267d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.31,
    "s": 53.374,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35777,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42267D

secondary

#90AF50

accent

#DD4BAE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42267D

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

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