#42299B#42299B

#42299B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.173 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42299B
RGB	rgb(66, 41, 155)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.05, 41.97, -58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.05, 71.66, 305.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.0452 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.173 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9543, 5.1102, 31.5185)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42299B #829B29

analogous

#29499B #42299B #7B299B

triadic

#42299B #9B4229 #299B42

tetradic

#42299B #9B2949 #829B29 #299B7B

square

#42299B #9B2949 #829B29 #299B7B

split-complementary

#42299B #9B7B29 #499B29

monochromatic

#190F3A #2D1C6B #42299B #5737CA #8067D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#42299B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#42299B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42299B

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42299B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42299B	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42299b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 41, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.173 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8165ba',
    500: '#42299b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42299b;
$custom-light: #8165ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42299b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.158,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38954,
    "c": 0.17319,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42299B

secondary

#A9BD63

accent

#E146BF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42299B

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

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