#42296B#42296B

#42296B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.111 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42296B
RGB	rgb(66, 41, 107)
HSL	hsl(263, 45%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(263, 62%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 61.7%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 27.45, -34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 44.08, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(34.8% 0.0517 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(34.8% 0.111 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6929, 3.8056, 14.3417)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.48

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42296B #526B29

analogous

#29316B #42296B #63296B

triadic

#42296B #6B4229 #296B42

tetradic

#42296B #6B2931 #526B29 #296B63

square

#42296B #6B2931 #526B29 #296B63

split-complementary

#42296B #6B6329 #316B29

monochromatic

#0E0816 #27183F #42296B #5D3A97 #7A52BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#42296B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#42296B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42296B

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42296B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42296B	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05376D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11366A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42296b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 41, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.111 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796496',
    500: '#42296b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42296b;
$custom-light: #796496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42296b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.727,
    "s": 44.595,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34799,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42296B

secondary

#819D52

accent

#D453A4

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42296B

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

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