#42145D#42145D

#42145D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.125 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42145D
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 93)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 78.5%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.69, 35.31, -33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.69, 48.95, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(30.62% 0.0796 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(30.62% 0.125 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.4723, 2.4490, 10.5909)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42145D #2F5D14

analogous

#1D145D #42145D #5D1454

triadic

#42145D #5D4214 #145D42

tetradic

#42145D #5D1D14 #2F5D14 #14545D

square

#42145D #5D1D14 #2F5D14 #14545D

split-complementary

#42145D #545D14 #145D1D

monochromatic

#120519 #1E092B #42145D #661F8F #892AC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.10

#42145D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#42145D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42145D

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42145D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42145D	1.00	14.10	1.49	14.10
#FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#042C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42145d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.125 309.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42145d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.808,
    "s": 64.602,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30615,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42145D

secondary

#5A9538

accent

#E8407E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42145D

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

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