#42268B#42268B

#42268B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.157 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42268B
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 139)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 72.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.98, 38.77, -51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.98, 64.55, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.0513 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.157 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5987, 4.4082, 24.8716)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42268B #6F8B26

analogous

#263C8B #42268B #75268B

triadic

#42268B #8B4226 #268B42

tetradic

#42268B #8B263C #6F8B26 #268B75

square

#42268B #8B263C #6F8B26 #268B75

split-complementary

#42268B #8B7526 #3C8B26

monochromatic

#140C2B #2B195B #42268B #5933BB #7B5AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#42268B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#42268B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42268B

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42268B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42268B	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42268b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.157 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e63ae',
    500: '#42268b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42268b;
$custom-light: #7e63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42268b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.634,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37031,
    "c": 0.15682,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42268B

secondary

#9CB756

accent

#E047B6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42268B

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

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