#42155E#42155E

#42155E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.125 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42155E
RGB	rgb(66, 21, 94)
HSL	hsl(277, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 77.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.93, 35.09, -34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.93, 48.98, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(30.81% 0.0783 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(30.81% 0.125 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5349, 2.5028, 10.8317)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42155E #315E15

analogous

#1D155E #42155E #5E1556

triadic

#42155E #5E4215 #155E42

tetradic

#42155E #5E1D15 #315E15 #15565E

square

#42155E #5E1D15 #315E15 #15565E

split-complementary

#42155E #565E15 #155E1D

monochromatic

#120619 #1F0A2C #42155E #652090 #882BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.99

#42155E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#42155E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42155E

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42155E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42155E	1.00	13.99	1.50	13.99
#FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#032C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42155e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 21, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.125 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a578c',
    500: '#42155e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42155e;
$custom-light: #7a578c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42155e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.986,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30814,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42155E

secondary

#5D9539

accent

#E74181

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42155E

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

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