#42286A#42286A

#42286A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.111 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42286A
RGB	rgb(66, 40, 106)
HSL	hsl(264, 45%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(264, 62%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 62.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.71, 27.78, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.71, 44.16, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.55% 0.0531 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(34.55% 0.111 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6064, 3.7164, 14.0548)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42286A #506A28

analogous

#282F6A #42286A #63286A

triadic

#42286A #6A4228 #286A42

tetradic

#42286A #6A282F #506A28 #286A63

square

#42286A #6A282F #506A28 #286A63

split-complementary

#42286A #6A6328 #2F6A28

monochromatic

#0E0816 #26173E #42286A #5E3996 #7B50BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#42286A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#42286A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42286A

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42286A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42286A	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04366C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42286a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 40, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.111 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796395',
    500: '#42286a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42286a;
$custom-light: #796395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42286a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.636,
    "s": 45.205,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34551,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42286A

secondary

#7F9D51

accent

#D553A2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42286A

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

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