#42155D#42155D

#42155D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.123 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42155D
RGB	rgb(66, 21, 93)
HSL	hsl(278, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(278, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 77.4%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.85, 34.84, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.85, 48.43, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(30.73% 0.0785 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(30.73% 0.123 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.4903, 2.4850, 10.5969)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42155D #305D15

analogous

#1E155D #42155D #5D1554

triadic

#42155D #5D4215 #155D42

tetradic

#42155D #5D1E15 #305D15 #15545D

square

#42155D #5D1E15 #305D15 #15545D

split-complementary

#42155D #545D15 #155D1E

monochromatic

#120619 #1F0A2B #42155D #65208F #892CC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.03

#42155D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#42155D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42155D

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42155D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42155D	1.00	14.03	1.50	14.03
#FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#052C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42155d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 21, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.123 309.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42155d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30731,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42155D

secondary

#5C9439

accent

#E6427F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42155D

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

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