#42298E#42298E

#42298E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.157 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42298E
RGB	rgb(66, 41, 142)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 71.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.85, 38.00, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.85, 64.44, 306.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.74% 0.0479 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(37.74% 0.157 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9208, 4.6967, 26.0751)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42298E #758E29

analogous

#29438E #42298E #74298E

triadic

#42298E #8E4229 #298E42

tetradic

#42298E #8E2943 #758E29 #298E74

square

#42298E #8E2943 #758E29 #298E74

split-complementary

#42298E #8E7429 #438E29

monochromatic

#160E2F #2C1B5F #42298E #5837BD #7C60D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#42298E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#42298E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42298E

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42298E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42298E	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42298e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 41, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.157 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e65b0',
    500: '#42298e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42298e;
$custom-light: #7e65b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42298e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.851,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37738,
    "c": 0.15695,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42298E

secondary

#A0B75C

accent

#DF49BA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42298E

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

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