#42125B#42125B

#42125B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.125 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42125B
RGB	rgb(66, 18, 91)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.21, 35.72, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.21, 48.86, 316.98°)
OKLab	oklab(30.23% 0.0821 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(30.23% 0.125 311)
XYZ	xyz(4.3510, 2.3463, 10.1192)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42125B #2B5B12

analogous

#1E125B #42125B #5B1250

triadic

#42125B #5B4212 #125B42

tetradic

#42125B #5B1E12 #2B5B12 #12505B

square

#42125B #5B1E12 #2B5B12 #12505B

split-complementary

#42125B #505B12 #125B1E

monochromatic

#13051A #1D0828 #42125B #671C8E #8C26C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#42125B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#42125B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42125B

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42125B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42125B	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#052B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F2335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42125b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 18, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.125 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a568a',
    500: '#42125b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42125b;
$custom-light: #7a568a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42125b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.452,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30226,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.02346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42125B

secondary

#569335

accent

#EA3E79

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42125B

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

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