#42115B#42115B

#42115B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.126 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42115B
RGB	rgb(66, 17, 91)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 81.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.06, 36.15, -33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.06, 49.34, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(30.12% 0.0831 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(30.12% 0.126 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.3352, 2.3146, 10.1139)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42115B #2A5B11

analogous

#1D115B #42115B #5B114F

triadic

#42115B #5B4211 #115B42

tetradic

#42115B #5B1D11 #2A5B11 #114F5B

square

#42115B #5B1D11 #2A5B11 #114F5B

split-complementary

#42115B #4F5B11 #115B1D

monochromatic

#13051A #1D0727 #42115B #671B8F #8D24C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#42115B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#42115B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42115B

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42115B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42115B	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#032B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F2235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42115b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 17, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.126 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a558a',
    500: '#42115b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42115b;
$custom-light: #7a558a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42115b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.73,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3012,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42115B

secondary

#549434

accent

#EB3C78

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42115B

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

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