#42298D#42298D

#42298D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.156 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42298D
RGB	rgb(66, 41, 141)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 70.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.76, 37.69, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.76, 63.87, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.65% 0.0481 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(37.65% 0.156 288)
XYZ	xyz(7.8460, 4.6668, 25.6815)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42298D #748D29

analogous

#29428D #42298D #74298D

triadic

#42298D #8D4229 #298D42

tetradic

#42298D #8D2942 #748D29 #298D74

square

#42298D #8D2942 #748D29 #298D74

split-complementary

#42298D #8D7429 #428D29

monochromatic

#160D2E #2C1B5E #42298D #5837BC #7C60D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#42298D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#42298D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42298D

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42298D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42298D	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42298d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 41, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.156 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e65af',
    500: '#42298d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42298d;
$custom-light: #7e65af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42298d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37647,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.04667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42298D

secondary

#A0B65B

accent

#DE4AB9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42298D

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

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