#42269C#42269C

#42269C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.178 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42269C
RGB	rgb(66, 38, 156)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 75.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.58, 43.86, -59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.58, 73.90, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% 0.0473 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.178 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9388, 4.9443, 31.9294)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42269C #809C26

analogous

#26459C #42269C #7D269C

triadic

#42269C #9C4226 #269C42

tetradic

#42269C #9C2645 #809C26 #269C7D

square

#42269C #9C2645 #809C26 #269C7D

split-complementary

#42269C #9C7D26 #459C26

monochromatic

#180E3A #2D1A6B #42269C #5732CD #7F63D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#42269C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#42269C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42269C

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42269C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42269C	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42269c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 38, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.178 285.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42269c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.237,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38651,
    "c": 0.17764,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42269C

secondary

#A8BF5F

accent

#E444BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42269C

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

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