#42135A#42135A

#42135A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.123 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42135A
RGB	rgb(66, 19, 90)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 78.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.28, 35.04, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.28, 47.82, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(30.25% 0.0812 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(30.25% 0.123 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.3248, 2.3623, 9.8990)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42135A #2B5A13

analogous

#1F135A #42135A #5A134F

triadic

#42135A #5A4213 #135A42

tetradic

#42135A #5A1F13 #2B5A13 #134F5A

square

#42135A #5A1F13 #2B5A13 #134F5A

split-complementary

#42135A #4F5A13 #135A1F

monochromatic

#130519 #1D0827 #42135A #671E8D #8C28BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#42135A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#42135A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42135A

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42135A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42135A	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#082B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F2335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42135a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 19, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.123 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5689',
    500: '#42135a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42135a;
$custom-light: #7a5689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42135a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30254,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42135A

secondary

#569237

accent

#E84079

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42135A

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

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