#42135D#42135D

#42135D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.126 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42135D
RGB	rgb(66, 19, 93)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 79.6%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.53, 35.76, -34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.53, 49.45, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(30.5% 0.0807 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(30.5% 0.126 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4550, 2.4144, 10.5851)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42135D #2E5D13

analogous

#1D135D #42135D #5D1353

triadic

#42135D #5D4213 #135D42

tetradic

#42135D #5D1D13 #2E5D13 #13535D

square

#42135D #5D1D13 #2E5D13 #13535D

split-complementary

#42135D #535D13 #135D1D

monochromatic

#120519 #1E092A #42135D #661D90 #8A28C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.16

#42135D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#42135D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42135D

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42135D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42135D	1.00	14.16	1.48	14.16
#FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#022C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42135d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 19, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.126 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a568b',
    500: '#42135d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42135d;
$custom-light: #7a568b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42135d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30502,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42135D

secondary

#599537

accent

#E93F7D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42135D

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

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