#42146C#42146C

#42146C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.141 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42146C
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 108)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 81.5%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.98, 39.09, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.98, 57.15, 313.16°)
OKLab	oklab(31.93% 0.076 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(31.93% 0.141 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2030, 2.7413, 14.4395)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42146C #3E6C14

analogous

#16146C #42146C #6C146A

triadic

#42146C #6C4214 #146C42

tetradic

#42146C #6C1614 #3E6C14 #146A6C

square

#42146C #6C1614 #3E6C14 #146A6C

split-complementary

#42146C #6A6C14 #146C16

monochromatic

#10051A #220A38 #42146C #621EA0 #8127D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.56

#42146C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#42146C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42146C

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42146C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42146C	1.00	13.56	1.55	13.56
#FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42146c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.141 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5797',
    500: '#42146c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42146c;
$custom-light: #7b5797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42146c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31926,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42146C

secondary

#6BA339

accent

#EC3C90

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42146C

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

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