#42299A#42299A

#42299A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.172 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42299A
RGB	rgb(66, 41, 154)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 73.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.95, 41.66, -57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.95, 71.11, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% 0.0454 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.172 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8707, 5.0767, 31.0781)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42299A #819A29

analogous

#29489A #42299A #7A299A

triadic

#42299A #9A4229 #299A42

tetradic

#42299A #9A2948 #819A29 #299A7A

square

#42299A #9A2948 #819A29 #299A7A

split-complementary

#42299A #9A7A29 #489A29

monochromatic

#190F39 #2D1C6A #42299A #5737CA #8067D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#42299A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#42299A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42299A

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42299A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42299A	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42299a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 41, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.172 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8065b9',
    500: '#42299a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42299a;
$custom-light: #8065b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42299a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.274,
    "s": 57.949,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38859,
    "c": 0.17196,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42299A

secondary

#A9BD62

accent

#E147BF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42299A

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

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