#42146D#42146D

#42146D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.142 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42146D
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 109)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 81.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.07, 39.35, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.07, 57.69, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(32.02% 0.0757 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(32.02% 0.142 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2566, 2.7627, 14.7213)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42146D #3F6D14

analogous

#15146D #42146D #6D146B

triadic

#42146D #6D4214 #146D42

tetradic

#42146D #6D1514 #3F6D14 #146B6D

square

#42146D #6D1514 #3F6D14 #146B6D

split-complementary

#42146D #6B6D14 #146D15

monochromatic

#10051A #230B39 #42146D #611DA1 #8127D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.53

#42146D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#42146D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42146D

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42146D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42146D	1.00	13.53	1.55	13.53
#FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42146d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.142 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5898',
    500: '#42146d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42146d;
$custom-light: #7b5898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42146d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.011,
    "s": 68.992,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32018,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42146D

secondary

#6DA439

accent

#EC3C91

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42146D

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

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