#42145A#42145A

#42145A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.121 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42145A
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 90)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 77.8%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.45, 34.58, -32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.45, 47.30, 316.96°)
OKLab	oklab(30.37% 0.0801 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(30.37% 0.121 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.3420, 2.3969, 9.9048)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42145A #2C5A14

analogous

#1F145A #42145A #5A144F

triadic

#42145A #5A4214 #145A42

tetradic

#42145A #5A1F14 #2C5A14 #144F5A

square

#42145A #5A1F14 #2C5A14 #144F5A

split-complementary

#42145A #4F5A14 #145A1F

monochromatic

#120619 #1D0928 #42145A #671F8C #8B2ABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#42145A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#42145A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42145A

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42145A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42145A	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#092C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F2435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42145a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.121 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795689',
    500: '#42145a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42145a;
$custom-light: #795689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42145a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30368,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42145A

secondary

#579238

accent

#E7417A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42145A

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

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