#42155C#42155C

#42155C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.122 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42155C
RGB	rgb(66, 21, 92)
HSL	hsl(278, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(278, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 77.2%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.77, 34.60, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.77, 47.88, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(30.65% 0.0786 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(30.65% 0.122 310)
XYZ	xyz(4.4463, 2.4674, 10.3652)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42155C #2F5C15

analogous

#1E155C #42155C #5C1553

triadic

#42155C #5C4215 #155C42

tetradic

#42155C #5C1E15 #2F5C15 #15535C

square

#42155C #5C1E15 #2F5C15 #15535C

split-complementary

#42155C #535C15 #155C1E

monochromatic

#120619 #1E0A2A #42155C #66208E #892CC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.06

#42155C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#42155C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42155C

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42155C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42155C	1.00	14.06	1.49	14.06
#FFFFFF	14.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#072C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42155c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 21, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.122 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a578b',
    500: '#42155c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42155c;
$custom-light: #7a578b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42155c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.028,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30649,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.02467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42155C

secondary

#5A9339

accent

#E6427E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42155C

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

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