#42157C#42157C

#42157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.158 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42157C
RGB	rgb(66, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(266, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.63, 42.85, -49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.63, 65.30, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(33.55% 0.0701 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(33.55% 0.158 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1521, 3.1497, 19.3487)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42157C #4F7C15

analogous

#151B7C #42157C #75157C

triadic

#42157C #7C4215 #157C42

tetradic

#42157C #7C151B #4F7C15 #157C75

square

#42157C #7C151B #4F7C15 #157C75

split-complementary

#42157C #7C7515 #1B7C15

monochromatic

#0E041A #260C48 #42157C #5E1EB0 #7B30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#42157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#42157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42157C

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42157C	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.158 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d59a3',
    500: '#42157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42157c;
$custom-light: #7d59a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.214,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33545,
    "c": 0.15771,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42157C

secondary

#7EB13C

accent

#EE3A9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42157C

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

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