#42146F#42146F

#42146F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.144 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42146F
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 111)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 82%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.25, 39.86, -43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.25, 58.77, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(32.2% 0.0751 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(32.2% 0.144 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3655, 2.8062, 15.2948)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42146F #416F14

analogous

#15146F #42146F #6F146E

triadic

#42146F #6F4214 #146F42

tetradic

#42146F #6F1514 #416F14 #146E6F

square

#42146F #6F1514 #416F14 #146E6F

split-complementary

#42146F #6E6F14 #146F15

monochromatic

#0F051A #230B3B #42146F #611DA3 #8027D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.45

#42146F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#42146F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42146F

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42146F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42146F	1.00	13.45	1.56	13.45
#FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42146f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.144 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5899',
    500: '#42146f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42146f;
$custom-light: #7c5899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42146f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.33,
    "s": 69.466,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32203,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42146F

secondary

#6FA639

accent

#EC3C93

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42146F

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

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