#42145B#42145B

#42145B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.123 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42145B
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 91)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 78%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.53, 34.82, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.53, 47.85, 316.69°)
OKLab	oklab(30.45% 0.0799 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(30.45% 0.123 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3849, 2.4140, 10.1305)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42145B #2D5B14

analogous

#1F145B #42145B #5B1451

triadic

#42145B #5B4214 #145B42

tetradic

#42145B #5B1F14 #2D5B14 #14515B

square

#42145B #5B1F14 #2D5B14 #14515B

split-complementary

#42145B #515B14 #145B1F

monochromatic

#120619 #1E0929 #42145B #661F8D #8B2ABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.16

#42145B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#42145B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42145B

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42145B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42145B	1.00	14.16	1.48	14.16
#FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#072C59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F2436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42145b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.123 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a578a',
    500: '#42145b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42145b;
$custom-light: #7a578a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42145b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.873,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3045,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42145B

secondary

#589338

accent

#E7417B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42145B

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

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