#42296F#42296F

#42296F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.116 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42296F
RGB	rgb(66, 41, 111)
HSL	hsl(261, 46%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 63.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 28.63, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 46.46, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% 0.0516 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.116 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9082, 3.8917, 15.4757)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42296F #566F29

analogous

#29336F #42296F #65296F

triadic

#42296F #6F4229 #296F42

tetradic

#42296F #6F2933 #566F29 #296F65

square

#42296F #6F2933 #566F29 #296F65

split-complementary

#42296F #6F6529 #336F29

monochromatic

#0D0816 #271842 #42296F #5D3A9C #7A53BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#42296F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#42296F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42296F

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42296F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42296F	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09376D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42296f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 41, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.116 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6499',
    500: '#42296f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42296f;
$custom-light: #7a6499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42296f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 46.053,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35106,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42296F

secondary

#85A153

accent

#D652A7

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42296F

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

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