#42145E#42145E

#42145E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.126 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42145E
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 94)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 78.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.77, 35.56, -34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.77, 49.50, 315.92°)
OKLab	oklab(30.7% 0.0794 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(30.7% 0.126 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.5169, 2.4668, 10.8257)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42145E #305E14

analogous

#1D145E #42145E #5E1455

triadic

#42145E #5E4214 #145E42

tetradic

#42145E #5E1D14 #305E14 #14555E

square

#42145E #5E1D14 #305E14 #14555E

split-complementary

#42145E #555E14 #145E1D

monochromatic

#120519 #1F092C #42145E #651F90 #8929C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.06

#42145E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#42145E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42145E

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42145E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42145E	1.00	14.06	1.49	14.06
#FFFFFF	14.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#022C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42145e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.126 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a578c',
    500: '#42145e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42145e;
$custom-light: #7a578c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42145e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30698,
    "c": 0.12584,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42145E

secondary

#5C9638

accent

#E8407F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42145E

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

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