#42145C#42145C

#42145C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.124 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42145C
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 92)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.61, 35.06, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.61, 48.40, 316.42°)
OKLab	oklab(30.53% 0.0798 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(30.53% 0.124 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.4283, 2.4314, 10.3592)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42145C #2E5C14

analogous

#1E145C #42145C #5C1452

triadic

#42145C #5C4214 #145C42

tetradic

#42145C #5C1E14 #2E5C14 #14525C

square

#42145C #5C1E14 #2E5C14 #14525C

split-complementary

#42145C #525C14 #145C1E

monochromatic

#120519 #1E092A #42145C #661F8E #8A2AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.13

#42145C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#42145C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42145C

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42145C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42145C	1.00	14.13	1.49	14.13
#FFFFFF	14.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#052C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42145c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.124 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a578b',
    500: '#42145c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42145c;
$custom-light: #7a578b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42145c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30532,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42145C

secondary

#599438

accent

#E7417D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42145C

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

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