#42126C#42126C

#42126C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.143 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42126C
RGB	rgb(66, 18, 108)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 83.3%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.69, 39.93, -42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.69, 58.07, 313.44°)
OKLab	oklab(31.72% 0.0778 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(31.72% 0.143 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1692, 2.6736, 14.4282)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42126C #3C6C12

analogous

#15126C #42126C #6C1269

triadic

#42126C #6C4212 #126C42

tetradic

#42126C #6C1512 #3C6C12 #12696C

square

#42126C #6C1512 #3C6C12 #12696C

split-complementary

#42126C #696C12 #126C15

monochromatic

#10041A #220938 #42126C #621BA0 #8223D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.68

#42126C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#42126C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42126C

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42126C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42126C	1.00	13.68	1.53	13.68
#FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42126c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 18, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.143 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5797',
    500: '#42126c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42126c;
$custom-light: #7b5797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42126c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31724,
    "c": 0.14329,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42126C

secondary

#69A336

accent

#EE3A8E

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42126C

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

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