#42299F#42299F

#42299F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.178 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42299F
RGB	rgb(66, 41, 159)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 74.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.43, 43.18, -59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.43, 73.84, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.0442 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.178 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2958, 5.2468, 33.3171)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42299F #869F29

analogous

#294B9F #42299F #7D299F

triadic

#42299F #9F4229 #299F42

tetradic

#42299F #9F294B #869F29 #299F7D

square

#42299F #9F294B #869F29 #299F7D

split-complementary

#42299F #9F7D29 #4B9F29

monochromatic

#1A103E #2E1C6E #42299F #5839CC #816AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#42299F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#42299F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42299F

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42299F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42299F	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F4962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42299f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 41, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.178 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166bc',
    500: '#42299f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42299f;
$custom-light: #8166bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42299f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.712,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39339,
    "c": 0.17809,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42299F

secondary

#ACBF65

accent

#E246C1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #42299F

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

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