#42286f

Color #42286f

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 9.82 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#42286f

RGB

rgb(66, 40, 111)

HSL

hsl(262, 47%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262, 64%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.5%, 64%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(23.08, 29.24, -36.97)

LCH

lch(23.08, 47.14, 308.34)

OKLCH

oklch(34.9%, 0.1178, 296.7)

HWB

hwb(262, 15.7%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#556f28

Analogous

#28316f

#42286f

#65286f

Triadic

#42286f

#6f4228

#286f42

Split-complementary

#42286f

#6f6528

#316f28

Tetradic

#42286f

#6f2855

#556f28

#286f42

Square

#42286f

#6f2831

#556f28

#286f65

Shades

Color #42286f mixed toward black.

#37215c

#2c1b4a

#211437

#160d25

#0b0712

Tints

Color #42286f mixed toward white.

#5c389b

#784fc0

#9a7bcf

#bca7df

#ddd3ef

Tones

Color #42286f mixed toward gray.

#442e69

#453463

#473a5d

#484057

#4a4651

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.76:1

White text reads better on this background (11.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383863 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#3a3c60 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#415956 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#373737 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42286f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42286f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#42286f (#42286f) is rgb(66, 40, 111) in RGB.

No, #42286f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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