#42147F#42147F

#42147F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.162 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42147F
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 127)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(266, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 84.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.79, 44.05, -50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.79, 67.33, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(33.75% 0.0698 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(33.75% 0.162 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3267, 3.1907, 20.3571)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42147F #517F14

analogous

#141C7F #42147F #78147F

triadic

#42147F #7F4214 #147F42

tetradic

#42147F #7F141C #517F14 #147F78

square

#42147F #7F141C #517F14 #147F78

split-complementary

#42147F #7F7814 #1C7F14

monochromatic

#0E041A #270C4A #42147F #5D1CB4 #7A2FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#42147F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#42147F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42147F

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42147F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42147F	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42147f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.162 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e59a5',
    500: '#42147f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42147f;
$custom-light: #7e59a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42147f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.794,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33745,
    "c": 0.16189,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42147F

secondary

#80B43B

accent

#EF38A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42147F

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

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