#42276E#42276E

#42276E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.118 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42276E
RGB	rgb(66, 39, 110)
HSL	hsl(263, 48%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 64.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.78, 29.56, -36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.78, 47.21, 308.76°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.0543 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.118 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7860, 3.7350, 15.1649)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42276E #536E27

analogous

#27306E #42276E #66276E

triadic

#42276E #6E4227 #276E42

tetradic

#42276E #6E2730 #536E27 #276E66

square

#42276E #6E2730 #536E27 #276E66

split-complementary

#42276E #6E6627 #306E27

monochromatic

#0E0817 #271741 #42276E #5D379B #7A4FC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#42276E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#42276E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42276E

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42276E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42276E	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06366C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42276e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 39, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.118 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6298',
    500: '#42276e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42276e;
$custom-light: #7a6298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42276e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.817,
    "s": 47.651,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34692,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42276E

secondary

#82A150

accent

#D751A4

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42276E

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

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