#42125E#42125E

#42125E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.128 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42125E
RGB	rgb(66, 18, 94)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 80.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.46, 36.45, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.46, 50.49, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(30.48% 0.0815 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(30.48% 0.128 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.4830, 2.3991, 10.8144)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42125E #2E5E12

analogous

#1C125E #42125E #5E1254

triadic

#42125E #5E4212 #125E42

tetradic

#42125E #5E1C12 #2E5E12 #12545E

square

#42125E #5E1C12 #2E5E12 #12545E

split-complementary

#42125E #545E12 #125E1C

monochromatic

#12051A #1E082B #42125E #661C91 #8A26C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#42125E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#42125E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42125E

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42125E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42125E	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	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: #42125e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 18, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.128 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a568c',
    500: '#42125e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42125e;
$custom-light: #7a568c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42125e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30478,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42125E

secondary

#599635

accent

#EB3D7D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42125E

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

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