#42136A#42136A

#42136A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.140 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42136A
RGB	rgb(66, 19, 106)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 82.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.65, 39.01, -40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.65, 56.53, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(31.64% 0.0775 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(31.64% 0.14 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0805, 2.6646, 13.8795)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42136A #3B6A13

analogous

#17136A #42136A #6A1367

triadic

#42136A #6A4213 #136A42

tetradic

#42136A #6A1713 #3B6A13 #13676A

square

#42136A #6A1713 #3B6A13 #13676A

split-complementary

#42136A #676A13 #136A17

monochromatic

#10051A #220A36 #42136A #621C9E #8326D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.70

#42136A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#42136A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42136A

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42136A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42136A	1.00	13.70	1.53	13.70
#FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42136a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 19, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.140 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5795',
    500: '#42136a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42136a;
$custom-light: #7b5795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42136a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.414,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3164,
    "c": 0.14008,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42136A

secondary

#68A138

accent

#EC3B8D

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42136A

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

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