#42277D#42277D

#42277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.138 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42277D
RGB	rgb(66, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 34.00, -44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 55.98, 307.40°)
OKLab	oklab(35.93% 0.0527 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(35.93% 0.138 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6729, 4.0897, 19.8359)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42277D #627D27

analogous

#27377D #42277D #6D277D

triadic

#42277D #7D4227 #277D42

tetradic

#42277D #7D2737 #627D27 #277D6D

square

#42277D #7D2737 #627D27 #277D6D

split-complementary

#42277D #7D6D27 #377D27

monochromatic

#110A20 #29184E #42277D #5B36AC #7955CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#42277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#42277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42277D

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42277D	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.138 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c63a3',
    500: '#42277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42277d;
$custom-light: #7c63a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.837,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35929,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42277D

secondary

#91AF51

accent

#DC4CAF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42277D

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

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