#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
RGB	rgb(66, 50, 142)
HSL	hsl(250, 48%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 64.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.82, 32.65, -48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.82, 58.74, 303.77°)
OKLab	oklab(39.16% 0.0388 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(39.16% 0.145 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2684, 5.3920, 26.1910)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##42328E	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #42328E

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

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