#42269A#42269A

#42269A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.175 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42269A
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 154)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 43.27, -58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 72.81, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0478 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.175 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7709, 4.8771, 31.0448)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42269A #7E9A26

analogous

#26449A #42269A #7C269A

triadic

#42269A #9A4226 #269A42

tetradic

#42269A #9A2644 #7E9A26 #269A7C

square

#42269A #9A2644 #7E9A26 #269A7C

split-complementary

#42269A #9A7C26 #449A26

monochromatic

#180E38 #2D1A69 #42269A #5732CB #7F62D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#42269A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#42269A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42269A

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42269A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42269A	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42269a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.175 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8164b9',
    500: '#42269a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42269a;
$custom-light: #8164b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42269a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38455,
    "c": 0.17523,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42269A

secondary

#A7BE5E

accent

#E444BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42269A

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

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