#42268C#42268C

#42268C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.158 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42268C
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 140)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 72.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.07, 39.07, -52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.07, 65.11, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% 0.0511 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.158 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6721, 4.4376, 25.2581)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42268C #708C26

analogous

#263D8C #42268C #75268C

triadic

#42268C #8C4226 #268C42

tetradic

#42268C #8C263D #708C26 #268C75

square

#42268C #8C263D #708C26 #268C75

split-complementary

#42268C #8C7526 #3D8C26

monochromatic

#150C2C #2B195C #42268C #5933BC #7B5AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#42268C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#42268C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42268C

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42268C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42268C	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42268c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.158 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e63af',
    500: '#42268c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42268c;
$custom-light: #7e63af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42268c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.471,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37124,
    "c": 0.15807,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42268C

secondary

#9DB757

accent

#E147B6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42268C

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

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