#42297D#42297D

#42297D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.135 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42297D
RGB	rgb(66, 41, 125)
HSL	hsl(258, 51%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(258, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 67.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 32.82, -43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 54.70, 306.87°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0505 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.135 292)
XYZ	xyz(6.7403, 4.2246, 19.8583)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42297D #647D29

analogous

#293A7D #42297D #6C297D

triadic

#42297D #7D4229 #297D42

tetradic

#42297D #7D293A #647D29 #297D6C

square

#42297D #7D293A #647D29 #297D6C

split-complementary

#42297D #7D6C29 #3A7D29

monochromatic

#110B21 #2A1A4F #42297D #5A38AB #7A58C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#42297D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#42297D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42297D

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42297D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42297D	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42297d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 41, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.135 292.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42297d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.857,
    "s": 50.602,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36243,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.04225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42297D

secondary

#93AE54

accent

#DA4EB0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42297D

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

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