#42159F#42159F

#42159F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.196 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42159F
RGB	rgb(66, 21, 159)
HSL	hsl(260, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 86.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.31, 52.18, -65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.31, 83.38, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0569 -0.1873)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.196 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7711, 4.1973, 33.1421)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42159F #729F15

analogous

#152D9F #42159F #87159F

triadic

#42159F #9F4215 #159F42

tetradic

#42159F #9F152D #729F15 #159F87

square

#42159F #9F152D #729F15 #159F87

split-complementary

#42159F #9F8715 #2D9F15

monochromatic

#150733 #2C0E69 #42159F #581CD5 #7C48E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#42159F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#42159F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42159F

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42159F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42159F	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42159f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 21, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.196 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835cbd',
    500: '#42159f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42159f;
$custom-light: #835cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42159f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.565,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37175,
    "c": 0.19573,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42159F

secondary

#9EC848

accent

#F335B5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42159F

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

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