#42268F#42268F

#42268F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.162 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42268F
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 143)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 73.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 39.97, -53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 66.78, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.0504 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.162 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8963, 4.5273, 26.4391)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42268F #738F26

analogous

#263E8F #42268F #76268F

triadic

#42268F #8F4226 #268F42

tetradic

#42268F #8F263E #738F26 #268F76

square

#42268F #8F263E #738F26 #268F76

split-complementary

#42268F #8F7626 #3E8F26

monochromatic

#150C2E #2C195F #42268F #5833BF #7C5CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#42268F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#42268F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42268F

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42268F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42268F	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42268f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.162 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f63b1',
    500: '#42268f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42268f;
$custom-light: #7f63b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42268f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 58.011,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37404,
    "c": 0.16179,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42268F

secondary

#9FB958

accent

#E147B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42268F

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

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