#42146E#42146E

#42146E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.143 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42146E
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 110)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 81.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.16, 39.60, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.16, 58.23, 312.85°)
OKLab	oklab(32.11% 0.0754 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(32.11% 0.143 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3107, 2.7843, 15.0065)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42146E #406E14

analogous

#15146E #42146E #6E146D

triadic

#42146E #6E4214 #146E42

tetradic

#42146E #6E1514 #406E14 #146D6E

square

#42146E #6E1514 #406E14 #146D6E

split-complementary

#42146E #6D6E14 #146E15

monochromatic

#10051A #230B3A #42146E #611DA2 #8027D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.49

#42146E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#42146E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42146E

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42146E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42146E	1.00	13.49	1.56	13.49
#FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42146e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.143 301.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42146e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.667,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3211,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42146E

secondary

#6EA539

accent

#EC3C92

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42146E

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

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