#42297E#42297E

#42297E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.136 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42297E
RGB	rgb(66, 41, 126)
HSL	hsl(258, 51%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(258, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 67.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 33.12, -44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 55.28, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(36.33% 0.0504 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(36.33% 0.136 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8046, 4.2503, 20.1965)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42297E #657E29

analogous

#293B7E #42297E #6C297E

triadic

#42297E #7E4229 #297E42

tetradic

#42297E #7E293B #657E29 #297E6C

square

#42297E #7E293B #657E29 #297E6C

split-complementary

#42297E #7E6C29 #3B7E29

monochromatic

#120B22 #2A1A50 #42297E #5A38AC #7A59C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#42297E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#42297E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42297E

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42297E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42297E	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42297e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 41, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.136 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c64a4',
    500: '#42297e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42297e;
$custom-light: #7c64a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42297e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 50.898,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36327,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42297E

secondary

#94AE55

accent

#DA4DB1

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42297E

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

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