#42135B#42135B

#42135B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.124 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42135B
RGB	rgb(66, 19, 91)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 79.1%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.36, 35.28, -33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.36, 48.37, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(30.34% 0.081 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(30.34% 0.124 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3676, 2.3794, 10.1247)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42135B #2C5B13

analogous

#1E135B #42135B #5B1350

triadic

#42135B #5B4213 #135B42

tetradic

#42135B #5B1E13 #2C5B13 #13505B

square

#42135B #5B1E13 #2C5B13 #13505B

split-complementary

#42135B #505B13 #135B1E

monochromatic

#120519 #1D0828 #42135B #671E8E #8B28C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.23

#42135B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#42135B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42135B

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42135B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42135B	1.00	14.23	1.48	14.23
#FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#062B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F2436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42135b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 19, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.124 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a568a',
    500: '#42135b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42135b;
$custom-light: #7a568a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42135b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.167,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30336,
    "c": 0.12385,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42135B

secondary

#579337

accent

#E83F7A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42135B

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

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