#42276F#42276F

#42276F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.119 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42276F
RGB	rgb(66, 39, 111)
HSL	hsl(263, 48%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 64.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.85, 29.85, -37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.85, 47.80, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.77% 0.0542 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(34.77% 0.119 297)
XYZ	xyz(5.8408, 3.7569, 15.4533)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42276F #546F27

analogous

#27306F #42276F #66276F

triadic

#42276F #6F4227 #276F42

tetradic

#42276F #6F2730 #546F27 #276F66

square

#42276F #6F2730 #546F27 #276F66

split-complementary

#42276F #6F6627 #306F27

monochromatic

#0D0817 #271742 #42276F #5D379C #7A4FC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#42276F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#42276F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42276F

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42276F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42276F	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04366D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42276f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 39, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.119 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6299',
    500: '#42276f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42276f;
$custom-light: #7a6299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42276f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34771,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.03757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42276F

secondary

#83A250

accent

#D850A5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42276F

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

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