#42344A#42344A

#42344A is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.042 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42344A
RGB	rgb(66, 52, 74)
HSL	hsl(278, 17%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 30%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 29.7%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.03, 11.13, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.03, 15.78, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0284 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.042 313)
XYZ	xyz(4.7106, 4.1087, 7.0221)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42344A #3C4A34

analogous

#37344A #42344A #4A3447

triadic

#42344A #4A4234 #344A42

tetradic

#42344A #4A3734 #3C4A34 #34474A

square

#42344A #4A3734 #3C4A34 #34474A

split-complementary

#42344A #474A34 #344A37

monochromatic

#100D12 #221B26 #42344A #624D6E #826792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#42344A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#42344A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42344A

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42344A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42344A	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31384B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41373C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42344a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 52, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.042 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766b7c',
    500: '#42344a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42344a;
$custom-light: #766b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42344a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34941,
    "c": 0.0417,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.04109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42344A

secondary

#697A60

accent

#BA6E89

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBEE

border

#C8C6C9

text

#080609

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42344A

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

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