#42344E#42344E

#42344E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.048 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42344E
RGB	rgb(66, 52, 78)
HSL	hsl(272, 20%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(272, 33%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 12.14, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 18.22, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.0298 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.048 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8497, 4.1643, 7.7546)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42344E #404E34

analogous

#35344E #42344E #4E344D

triadic

#42344E #4E4234 #344E42

tetradic

#42344E #4E3534 #404E34 #344D4E

square

#42344E #4E3534 #404E34 #344D4E

split-complementary

#42344E #4D4E34 #344E35

monochromatic

#100C12 #231C29 #42344E #614C73 #806597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#42344E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#42344E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42344E

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42344E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42344E	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F394F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#323A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41383D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42344e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 52, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.048 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766b7f',
    500: '#42344e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42344e;
$custom-light: #766b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42344e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35138,
    "c": 0.04768,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42344E

secondary

#6E7E5F

accent

#BD6B91

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBEE

border

#C8C6C9

text

#08060A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42344E

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

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