#42145F#42145F

#42145F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.127 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42145F
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 95)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 78.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.85, 35.80, -34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.85, 50.04, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(30.78% 0.0792 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(30.78% 0.127 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.5621, 2.4849, 11.0636)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42145F #315F14

analogous

#1D145F #42145F #5F1456

triadic

#42145F #5F4214 #145F42

tetradic

#42145F #5F1D14 #315F14 #14565F

square

#42145F #5F1D14 #315F14 #14565F

split-complementary

#42145F #565F14 #145F1D

monochromatic

#120519 #1F092C #42145F #651F92 #8829C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.03

#42145F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#42145F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42145F

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42145F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42145F	1.00	14.03	1.50	14.03
#FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D2638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42145f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.127 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a578d',
    500: '#42145f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42145f;
$custom-light: #7a578d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42145f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.8,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30782,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42145F

secondary

#5D9738

accent

#E84081

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42145F

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

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