#42267F#42267F

#42267F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.142 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42267F
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 127)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 70.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 35.18, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 57.75, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0535 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.142 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7696, 4.0766, 20.5047)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42267F #637F26

analogous

#26377F #42267F #6E267F

triadic

#42267F #7F4226 #267F42

tetradic

#42267F #7F2637 #637F26 #267F6E

square

#42267F #7F2637 #637F26 #267F6E

split-complementary

#42267F #7F6E26 #377F26

monochromatic

#110A21 #2A1850 #42267F #5A34AE #7954CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#42267F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#42267F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42267F

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42267F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42267F	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42267f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.142 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c62a5',
    500: '#42267f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42267f;
$custom-light: #7c62a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42267f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.876,
    "s": 53.939,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35951,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42267F

secondary

#92B051

accent

#DD4AAF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42267F

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

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