#42287C#42287C

#42287C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.135 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42287C
RGB	rgb(66, 40, 124)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 67.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.10, 33.11, -43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.10, 54.76, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.0518 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.135 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6426, 4.1309, 19.5122)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42287C #627C28

analogous

#28387C #42287C #6C287C

triadic

#42287C #7C4228 #287C42

tetradic

#42287C #7C2838 #627C28 #287C6C

square

#42287C #7C2838 #627C28 #287C6C

split-complementary

#42287C #7C6C28 #387C28

monochromatic

#110A1F #29194E #42287C #5B37AA #7956C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#42287C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#42287C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42287C

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42287C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42287C	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42287c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 40, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.135 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c64a3',
    500: '#42287c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42287c;
$custom-light: #7c64a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42287c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42287C

secondary

#91AD52

accent

#DB4DAF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42287C

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

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