#42297C#42297C

#42297C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.134 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42297C
RGB	rgb(66, 41, 124)
HSL	hsl(258, 50%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(258, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 66.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 32.52, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 54.12, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.0506 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.134 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6768, 4.1992, 19.5236)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42297C #637C29

analogous

#293A7C #42297C #6B297C

triadic

#42297C #7C4229 #297C42

tetradic

#42297C #7C293A #637C29 #297C6B

square

#42297C #7C293A #637C29 #297C6B

split-complementary

#42297C #7C6B29 #3A7C29

monochromatic

#110B20 #2A1A4E #42297C #5A38AA #7958C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#42297C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#42297C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42297C

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42297C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42297C	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42297c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 41, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.134 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c64a3',
    500: '#42297c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42297c;
$custom-light: #7c64a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42297c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.072,
    "s": 50.303,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36159,
    "c": 0.13364,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42297C

secondary

#92AD54

accent

#DA4EB0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42297C

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

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