#42117E#42117E

#42117E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.163 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42117E
RGB	rgb(66, 17, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(267, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.30, 44.92, -51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.30, 68.03, 311.32°)
OKLab	oklab(33.38% 0.0723 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(33.38% 0.163 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2121, 3.0654, 19.9990)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42117E #4D7E11

analogous

#11177E #42117E #78117E

triadic

#42117E #7E4211 #117E42

tetradic

#42117E #7E1117 #4D7E11 #117E78

square

#42117E #7E1117 #4D7E11 #117E78

split-complementary

#42117E #7E7811 #177E11

monochromatic

#0E041B #260A48 #42117E #5E18B4 #7B27E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.02

#42117E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#42117E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42117E

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42117E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42117E	1.00	13.02	1.61	13.02
#FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42117e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 17, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.163 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e57a4',
    500: '#42117e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42117e;
$custom-light: #7e57a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42117e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.972,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33378,
    "c": 0.16337,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42117E

secondary

#7CB437

accent

#F3359D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42117E

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

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