#42136B#42136B

#42136B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.141 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42136B
RGB	rgb(66, 19, 107)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 82.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.74, 39.26, -41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.74, 57.07, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(31.73% 0.0772 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(31.73% 0.141 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1329, 2.6855, 14.1550)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42136B #3C6B13

analogous

#16136B #42136B #6B1368

triadic

#42136B #6B4213 #136B42

tetradic

#42136B #6B1613 #3C6B13 #13686B

square

#42136B #6B1613 #3C6B13 #13686B

split-complementary

#42136B #686B13 #136B16

monochromatic

#10051A #220A37 #42136B #621C9F #8225D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#42136B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#42136B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42136B

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42136B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42136B	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42136b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 19, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.141 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5796',
    500: '#42136b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42136b;
$custom-light: #7b5796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42136b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.045,
    "s": 69.841,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31731,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42136B

secondary

#69A238

accent

#ED3B8E

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42136B

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

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