#42384A#42384A

#42384A is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.033 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42384A
RGB	rgb(66, 56, 74)
HSL	hsl(273, 14%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(273, 24%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.20, 8.46, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.20, 12.65, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0213 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.033 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8968, 4.4810, 7.0842)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42384A #404A38

analogous

#39384A #42384A #4A3849

triadic

#42384A #4A4238 #384A42

tetradic

#42384A #4A3938 #404A38 #38494A

square

#42384A #4A3938 #404A38 #38494A

split-complementary

#42384A #494A38 #384A39

monochromatic

#100D11 #231E27 #42384A #61526D #806D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#42384A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#42384A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42384A

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42384A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42384A	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42384a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 56, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.033 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766e7c',
    500: '#42384a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42384a;
$custom-light: #766e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42384a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 13.846,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35845,
    "c": 0.03322,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42384A

secondary

#6E7A64

accent

#B77190

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBEE

border

#C8C6C9

text

#080709

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42384A

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

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