#42318E#42318E

#42318E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.147 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42318E
RGB	rgb(66, 49, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 65.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.59, 33.27, -49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.59, 59.39, 304.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.99% 0.0399 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(38.99% 0.147 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2261, 5.3074, 26.1769)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42318E #7D8E31

analogous

#314E8E #42318E #71318E

triadic

#42318E #8E4231 #318E42

tetradic

#42318E #8E314E #7D8E31 #318E71

square

#42318E #8E314E #7D8E31 #318E71

split-complementary

#42318E #8E7131 #4E8E31

monochromatic

#181233 #2D2161 #42318E #5741BB #7E6DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#42318E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#42318E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42318E

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42318E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42318E	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42318e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 49, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.147 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6ab0',
    500: '#42318e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42318e;
$custom-light: #7e6ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42318e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.968,
    "s": 48.691,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38992,
    "c": 0.14666,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42318E

secondary

#A6B467

accent

#D850BF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42318E

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

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