#42135E#42135E

#42135E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.127 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42135E
RGB	rgb(66, 19, 94)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 79.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.61, 36.01, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.61, 50.00, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(30.59% 0.0804 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(30.59% 0.127 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4996, 2.4322, 10.8199)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42135E #2F5E13

analogous

#1D135E #42135E #5E1355

triadic

#42135E #5E4213 #135E42

tetradic

#42135E #5E1D13 #2F5E13 #13555E

square

#42135E #5E1D13 #2F5E13 #13555E

split-complementary

#42135E #555E13 #135E1D

monochromatic

#120519 #1E092B #42135E #661D91 #8928C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.13

#42135E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#42135E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42135E

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42135E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42135E	1.00	14.13	1.49	14.13
#FFFFFF	14.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42135e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 19, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.127 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a568c',
    500: '#42135e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42135e;
$custom-light: #7a568c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42135e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.6,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30586,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42135E

secondary

#5A9637

accent

#E93F7E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42135E

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

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