#42287D#42287D

#42287D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.136 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42287D
RGB	rgb(66, 40, 125)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 68%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 33.41, -44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 55.34, 307.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.0516 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.136 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7062, 4.1563, 19.8470)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.61

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42287D #637D28

analogous

#28397D #42287D #6D287D

triadic

#42287D #7D4228 #287D42

tetradic

#42287D #7D2839 #637D28 #287D6D

square

#42287D #7D2839 #637D28 #287D6D

split-complementary

#42287D #7D6D28 #397D28

monochromatic

#110A20 #2A194F #42287D #5A37AB #7956C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#42287D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#42287D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42287D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42287D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42287D	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42287d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 40, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.136 292.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42287d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.353,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36085,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42287D

secondary

#92AE53

accent

#DB4DAF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42287D

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

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