#42276A#42276A

#42276A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.113 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42276A
RGB	rgb(66, 39, 106)
HSL	hsl(264, 46%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(264, 63%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 63.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.48, 28.39, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.48, 44.84, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.38% 0.0545 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(34.38% 0.113 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5732, 3.6498, 14.0437)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42276A #4F6A27

analogous

#272D6A #42276A #63276A

triadic

#42276A #6A4227 #276A42

tetradic

#42276A #6A272D #4F6A27 #276A63

square

#42276A #6A272D #4F6A27 #276A63

split-complementary

#42276A #6A6327 #2D6A27

monochromatic

#0E0816 #26173D #42276A #5E3797 #7B4EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#42276A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#42276A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42276A

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42276A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42276A	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42276a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 39, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.113 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6295',
    500: '#42276a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42276a;
$custom-light: #7a6295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42276a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.179,
    "s": 46.207,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34381,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42276A

secondary

#7E9D50

accent

#D652A1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42276A

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

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