#42126F#42126F

#42126F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.146 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42126F
RGB	rgb(66, 18, 111)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 83.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.96, 40.69, -43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.96, 59.68, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(32% 0.0769 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(32% 0.147 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3316, 2.7385, 15.2835)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42126F #3F6F12

analogous

#14126F #42126F #6F126D

triadic

#42126F #6F4212 #126F42

tetradic

#42126F #6F1412 #3F6F12 #126D6F

square

#42126F #6F1412 #3F6F12 #126D6F

split-complementary

#42126F #6D6F12 #126F14

monochromatic

#10041A #23093A #42126F #611BA4 #8123D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#42126F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#42126F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42126F

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42126F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42126F	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42126f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 18, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.146 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5799',
    500: '#42126f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42126f;
$custom-light: #7c5799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42126f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32004,
    "c": 0.1465,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42126F

secondary

#6DA637

accent

#EF3991

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42126F

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

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