#42115C#42115C

#42115C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.127 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42115C
RGB	rgb(66, 17, 92)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(279, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 81.5%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.14, 36.39, -34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.14, 49.88, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(30.2% 0.0829 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(30.2% 0.127 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.3786, 2.3320, 10.3426)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42115C #2B5C11

analogous

#1D115C #42115C #5C1151

triadic

#42115C #5C4211 #115C42

tetradic

#42115C #5C1D11 #2B5C11 #11515C

square

#42115C #5C1D11 #2B5C11 #11515C

split-complementary

#42115C #515C11 #115C1D

monochromatic

#13051A #1D0728 #42115C #671B90 #8C24C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.32

#42115C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#42115C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42115C

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42115C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42115C	1.00	14.32	1.47	14.32
#FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#012B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42115c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 17, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.127 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a558b',
    500: '#42115c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42115c;
$custom-light: #7a558b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42115c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.2,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30204,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42115C

secondary

#569534

accent

#EC3C79

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42115C

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

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