#42157E#42157E

#42157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.160 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42157E
RGB	rgb(66, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(266, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.83, 43.38, -50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.83, 66.37, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.0695 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.16 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2798, 3.2008, 20.0216)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42157E #517E15

analogous

#151D7E #42157E #77157E

triadic

#42157E #7E4215 #157E42

tetradic

#42157E #7E151D #517E15 #157E77

square

#42157E #7E151D #517E15 #157E77

split-complementary

#42157E #7E7715 #1D7E15

monochromatic

#0E041A #270C4A #42157E #5D1EB2 #7A31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#42157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#42157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42157E

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42157E	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.160 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d59a4',
    500: '#42157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42157e;
$custom-light: #7d59a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33742,
    "c": 0.1599,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42157E

secondary

#80B33C

accent

#EE3AA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42157E

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

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