#42275D#42275D

#42275D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.095 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42275D
RGB	rgb(66, 39, 93)
HSL	hsl(270, 41%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 58.1%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.58, 24.72, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.58, 37.08, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(33.43% 0.0543 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(33.43% 0.095 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9476, 3.3996, 10.7493)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42275D #425D27

analogous

#27275D #42275D #5D275D

triadic

#42275D #5D4227 #275D42

tetradic

#42275D #5D2727 #425D27 #275D5D

square

#42275D #5D2727 #425D27 #275D5D

split-complementary

#42275D #5D5D27 #275D27

monochromatic

#0F0916 #231532 #42275D #613988 #7F4BB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#42275D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#42275D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42275D

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42275D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42275D	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14335F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D345C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D313E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42275d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 39, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.095 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78628b',
    500: '#42275d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42275d;
$custom-light: #78628b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42275d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 40.909,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33432,
    "c": 0.09488,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42275D

secondary

#709050

accent

#D15794

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDEAF0

border

#C8C6CB

text

#09050C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42275D

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

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