#42268D#42268D

#42268D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.159 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42268D
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 141)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 73%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 39.37, -52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 65.66, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.22% 0.0509 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(37.22% 0.159 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7462, 4.4672, 25.6482)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42268D #718D26

analogous

#263D8D #42268D #76268D

triadic

#42268D #8D4226 #268D42

tetradic

#42268D #8D263D #718D26 #268D76

square

#42268D #8D263D #718D26 #268D76

split-complementary

#42268D #8D7626 #3D8D26

monochromatic

#150C2D #2B195D #42268D #5933BD #7B5BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#42268D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#42268D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42268D

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42268D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42268D	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42268d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.159 288.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42268d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.311,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37217,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42268D

secondary

#9DB857

accent

#E147B7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42268D

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

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