#42115E#42115E

#42115E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.129 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42115E
RGB	rgb(66, 17, 94)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(278, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 81.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.31, 36.87, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.31, 50.96, 316.35°)
OKLab	oklab(30.37% 0.0825 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(30.37% 0.129 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.4672, 2.3674, 10.8091)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42115E #2D5E11

analogous

#1C115E #42115E #5E1154

triadic

#42115E #5E4211 #115E42

tetradic

#42115E #5E1C11 #2D5E11 #11545E

square

#42115E #5E1C11 #2D5E11 #11545E

split-complementary

#42115E #545E11 #115E1C

monochromatic

#12051A #1E082A #42115E #661A92 #8B24C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.25

#42115E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#42115E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42115E

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42115E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42115E	1.00	14.25	1.47	14.25
#FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42115e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 17, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.129 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a558c',
    500: '#42115e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42115e;
$custom-light: #7a558c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42115e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30374,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42115E

secondary

#589734

accent

#EC3C7C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42115E

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

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