#42328E#42328E

#42328E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.145 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42328E
RGBrgb(66, 50, 142)
HSLhsl(250, 48%, 38%)
HSVhsv(250, 65%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(53.5%, 64.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(27.82, 32.65, -48.83)
CIE-LCHlch(27.82, 58.74, 303.77°)
OKLaboklab(39.16% 0.0388 -0.14)
OKLCHoklch(39.16% 0.145 285.5)
XYZxyz(8.2684, 5.3920, 26.1910)
Luminance0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42328E #7E8E32
analogous
#32508E #42328E #70328E
triadic
#42328E #8E4232 #328E42
tetradic
#42328E #8E3250 #7E8E32 #328E70
square
#42328E #8E3250 #7E8E32 #328E70
split-complementary
#42328E #8E7032 #508E32
monochromatic
#181233 #2D2261 #42328E #5742BB #7F6ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10
#42328E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08
#42328E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42328E
10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42328E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##42328E1.0010.102.0810.10
#FFFFFF10.101.0021.001.00
#0000002.0821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.101.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004491
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003F8C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#24485B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42328e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 50, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.145 285.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6bb0',
    500: '#42328e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42328e;
$custom-light: #7e6bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42328e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3916,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42328E
secondary
#A7B468
accent
#D850C0
background
#F8F6FA
surface
#EFEBF5
border
#CAC6CF
text
#0A0610
muted
#7C7A7F

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#42328E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva