#42384C#42384C

#42384C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.036 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42384C
RGB	rgb(66, 56, 76)
HSL	hsl(270, 15%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 26%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.29, 8.96, -10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.29, 13.88, 310.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.94% 0.022 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(35.94% 0.036 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9652, 4.5084, 7.4447)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42384C #424C38

analogous

#38384C #42384C #4C384C

triadic

#42384C #4C4238 #384C42

tetradic

#42384C #4C3838 #424C38 #384C4C

square

#42384C #4C3838 #424C38 #384C4C

split-complementary

#42384C #4C4C38 #384C38

monochromatic

#0F0D12 #231E29 #42384C #61526F #7F6C92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#42384C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#42384C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42384C

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42384C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42384C	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353C4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42384c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 56, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.036 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766e7e',
    500: '#42384c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42384c;
$custom-light: #766e7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42384c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 15.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35937,
    "c": 0.03631,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42384C

secondary

#707C64

accent

#B87094

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBEE

border

#C8C6C9

text

#080709

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42384C

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

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