#42267E#42267E

#42267E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.140 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42267E
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 126)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 69.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.84, 34.88, -45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.84, 57.18, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.0537 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.14 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7047, 4.0506, 20.1632)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42267E #627E26

analogous

#26367E #42267E #6E267E

triadic

#42267E #7E4226 #267E42

tetradic

#42267E #7E2636 #627E26 #267E6E

square

#42267E #7E2636 #627E26 #267E6E

split-complementary

#42267E #7E6E26 #367E26

monochromatic

#110A20 #29184F #42267E #5B34AD #7953CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#42267E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#42267E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42267E

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42267E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42267E	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42267e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.140 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c62a4',
    500: '#42267e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42267e;
$custom-light: #7c62a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42267e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35864,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42267E

secondary

#91B050

accent

#DD4BAE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42267E

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

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