#42268E#42268E

#42268E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.161 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42268E
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 73.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.25, 39.67, -53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.25, 66.22, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.0506 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.161 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8209, 4.4971, 26.0419)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42268E #728E26

analogous

#263E8E #42268E #76268E

triadic

#42268E #8E4226 #268E42

tetradic

#42268E #8E263E #728E26 #268E76

square

#42268E #8E263E #728E26 #268E76

split-complementary

#42268E #8E7626 #3E8E26

monochromatic

#150C2D #2C195E #42268E #5833BE #7C5BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#42268E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#42268E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42268E

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42268E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42268E	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42268e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.161 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f63b0',
    500: '#42268e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42268e;
$custom-light: #7f63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42268e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3731,
    "c": 0.16055,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42268E

secondary

#9EB858

accent

#E147B7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42268E

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

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