#42376E#42376E

#42376E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.092 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42376E
RGB	rgb(66, 55, 110)
HSL	hsl(252, 33%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(252, 50%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 50%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, 19.30, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 36.00, 302.41°)
OKLab	oklab(37.66% 0.0321 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(37.66% 0.092 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4267, 5.0162, 15.3785)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42376E #636E37

analogous

#37486E #42376E #5E376E

triadic

#42376E #6E4237 #376E42

tetradic

#42376E #6E3748 #636E37 #376E5E

square

#42376E #6E3748 #636E37 #376E5E

split-complementary

#42376E #6E5E37 #486E37

monochromatic

#110E1C #2A2345 #42376E #5A4B97 #796BB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#42376E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#42376E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42376E

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42376E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42376E	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#234070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37424D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42376e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 55, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.092 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796e98',
    500: '#42376e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42376e;
$custom-light: #796e98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42376e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37657,
    "c": 0.09168,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42376E

secondary

#929E63

accent

#C95EB4

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EDEBF2

border

#C8C6CC

text

#09070D

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42376E

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

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