#42269B#42269B

#42269B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.176 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42269B
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 155)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 75.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.48, 43.57, -59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.48, 73.36, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% 0.0476 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.176 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8545, 4.9105, 31.4852)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42269B #7F9B26

analogous

#26449B #42269B #7C269B

triadic

#42269B #9B4226 #269B42

tetradic

#42269B #9B2644 #7F9B26 #269B7C

square

#42269B #9B2644 #7F9B26 #269B7C

split-complementary

#42269B #9B7C26 #449B26

monochromatic

#180E39 #2D1A6A #42269B #5732CC #7F63D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#42269B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#42269B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42269B

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42269B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42269B	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42269b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.176 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8164ba',
    500: '#42269b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42269b;
$custom-light: #8164ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42269b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.359,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38553,
    "c": 0.17644,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42269B

secondary

#A7BE5F

accent

#E444BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42269B

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

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