#42136F#42136F

#42136F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.145 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42136F
RGB	rgb(66, 19, 111)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 82.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.11, 40.28, -43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.11, 59.23, 312.85°)
OKLab	oklab(32.1% 0.076 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(32.1% 0.145 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3482, 2.7717, 15.2891)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42136F #406F13

analogous

#14136F #42136F #6F136E

triadic

#42136F #6F4213 #136F42

tetradic

#42136F #6F1413 #406F13 #136E6F

square

#42136F #6F1413 #406F13 #136E6F

split-complementary

#42136F #6E6F13 #136F14

monochromatic

#10041A #230A3B #42136F #611CA3 #8025D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.51

#42136F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#42136F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42136F

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42136F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42136F	1.00	13.51	1.55	13.51
#FFFFFF	13.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42136f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 19, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.145 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5799',
    500: '#42136f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42136f;
$custom-light: #7c5799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42136f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.652,
    "s": 70.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32102,
    "c": 0.14549,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42136F

secondary

#6EA638

accent

#EE3A92

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42136F

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

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