#42127E#42127E

#42127E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.163 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42127E
RGB	rgb(66, 18, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(267, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 85.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.43, 44.56, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.43, 67.64, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(33.46% 0.0716 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(33.46% 0.163 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2280, 3.0971, 20.0043)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42127E #4E7E12

analogous

#12187E #42127E #78127E

triadic

#42127E #7E4212 #127E42

tetradic

#42127E #7E1218 #4E7E12 #127E78

square

#42127E #7E1218 #4E7E12 #127E78

split-complementary

#42127E #7E7812 #187E12

monochromatic

#0E041B #260A48 #42127E #5E1AB4 #7B2AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#42127E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#42127E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42127E

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42127E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42127E	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42127e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 18, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.163 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e58a4',
    500: '#42127e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42127e;
$custom-light: #7e58a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42127e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33464,
    "c": 0.16254,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42127E

secondary

#7DB438

accent

#F2369E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42127E

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

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