#42404C#42404C

#42404C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.020 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42404C
RGB	rgb(66, 64, 76)
HSL	hsl(250, 9%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(250, 16%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.70, 3.66, -6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.70, 7.85, 297.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.81% 0.008 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(37.81% 0.02 293)
XYZ	xyz(5.3844, 5.3468, 7.5844)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42404C #4A4C40

analogous

#40444C #42404C #48404C

triadic

#42404C #4C4240 #404C42

tetradic

#42404C #4C4044 #4A4C40 #404C48

square

#42404C #4C4044 #4A4C40 #404C48

split-complementary

#42404C #4C4840 #444C40

monochromatic

#0E0E11 #25242B #42404C #5F5C6D #7C798E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#42404C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#42404C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42404C

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42404C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42404C	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E424D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E414C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42404c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 64, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.020 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76747e',
    500: '#42404c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42404c;
$custom-light: #76747e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42404c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3781,
    "c": 0.0204,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42404C

secondary

#797B6D

accent

#B276A8

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEDEE

border

#C8C8C9

text

#080809

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42404C

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

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