#42127F#42127F

#42127F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.164 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42127F
RGB	rgb(66, 18, 127)
HSL	hsl(266, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(266, 86%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 85.8%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.53, 44.82, -51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.53, 68.16, 311.11°)
OKLab	oklab(33.56% 0.0712 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(33.56% 0.164 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2928, 3.1230, 20.3458)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42127F #4F7F12

analogous

#12187F #42127F #78127F

triadic

#42127F #7F4212 #127F42

tetradic

#42127F #7F1218 #4F7F12 #127F78

square

#42127F #7F1218 #4F7F12 #127F78

split-complementary

#42127F #7F7812 #187F12

monochromatic

#0E041B #260A49 #42127F #5E1AB5 #7B2BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.93

#42127F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#42127F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42127F

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42127F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42127F	1.00	12.93	1.62	12.93
#FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42127f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 18, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.164 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e58a5',
    500: '#42127f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42127f;
$custom-light: #7e58a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42127f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.422,
    "s": 75.172,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33564,
    "c": 0.16362,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42127F

secondary

#7EB538

accent

#F2369F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42127F

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

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