#42136D#42136D

#42136D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.143 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42136D
RGB	rgb(66, 19, 109)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 82.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.92, 39.77, -42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.92, 58.15, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(31.92% 0.0766 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(31.92% 0.143 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2393, 2.7281, 14.7156)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42136D #3E6D13

analogous

#15136D #42136D #6D136B

triadic

#42136D #6D4213 #136D42

tetradic

#42136D #6D1513 #3E6D13 #136B6D

square

#42136D #6D1513 #3E6D13 #136B6D

split-complementary

#42136D #6B6D13 #136D15

monochromatic

#10051A #220A39 #42136D #621CA1 #8125D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.59

#42136D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#42136D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42136D

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42136D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42136D	1.00	13.59	1.55	13.59
#FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42136d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 19, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.143 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5798',
    500: '#42136d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42136d;
$custom-light: #7b5798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42136d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.333,
    "s": 70.313,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31915,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42136D

secondary

#6BA438

accent

#ED3B90

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42136D

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

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