#42147D#42147D

#42147D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.160 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42147D
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 125)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(266, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 84%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.59, 43.52, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.59, 66.28, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(33.55% 0.0705 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(33.55% 0.16 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1976, 3.1391, 19.6774)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42147D #4F7D14

analogous

#141A7D #42147D #76147D

triadic

#42147D #7D4214 #147D42

tetradic

#42147D #7D141A #4F7D14 #147D76

square

#42147D #7D141A #4F7D14 #147D76

split-complementary

#42147D #7D7614 #1A7D14

monochromatic

#0E041A #260C48 #42147D #5E1CB2 #7B2EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#42147D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#42147D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42147D

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42147D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42147D	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42147d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.160 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d59a4',
    500: '#42147d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42147d;
$custom-light: #7d59a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42147d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.286,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33547,
    "c": 0.15972,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42147D

secondary

#7EB23A

accent

#EF399F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42147D

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

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