#42144B#42144B

#42144B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.105 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42144B
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 75)
HSL	hsl(290, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 73.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.34, 31.08, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.34, 39.19, 322.46°)
OKLab	oklab(29.22% 0.0815 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(29.22% 0.105 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.7668, 2.1668, 6.8751)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42144B #1D4B14

analogous

#26144B #42144B #4B1438

triadic

#42144B #4B4214 #144B42

tetradic

#42144B #4B2614 #1D4B14 #14384B

square

#42144B #4B2614 #1D4B14 #14384B

split-complementary

#42144B #384B14 #144B26

monochromatic

#150618 #17071B #42144B #6D217B #972EAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.65

#42144B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#42144B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42144B

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42144B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42144B	1.00	14.65	1.43	14.65
#FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04254D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#421D2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42144b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.105 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79567d',
    500: '#42144b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42144b;
$custom-light: #79567d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42144b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.182,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29224,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42144B

secondary

#448338

accent

#E14760

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDE9EE

border

#C8C5C9

text

#09030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42144B

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

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