#42147E#42147E

#42147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.161 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42147E
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(266, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.69, 43.78, -50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.69, 66.81, 310.95°)
OKLab	oklab(33.65% 0.0702 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(33.65% 0.161 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2618, 3.1648, 20.0156)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42147E #507E14

analogous

#141B7E #42147E #77147E

triadic

#42147E #7E4214 #147E42

tetradic

#42147E #7E141B #507E14 #147E77

square

#42147E #7E141B #507E14 #147E77

split-complementary

#42147E #7E7714 #1B7E14

monochromatic

#0E041A #260C49 #42147E #5E1CB3 #7B2EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.86

#42147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#42147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42147E

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42147E	1.00	12.86	1.63	12.86
#FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.161 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e59a4',
    500: '#42147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42147e;
$custom-light: #7e59a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.038,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33646,
    "c": 0.16082,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42147E

secondary

#7FB33A

accent

#EF38A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42147E

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

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