#42173E#42173E

#42173E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.087 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42173E
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 62)
HSL	hsl(306, 48%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(306, 65%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 6.1%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.10, 26.75, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.10, 30.78, 330.34°)
OKLab	oklab(28.79% 0.0762 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(28.79% 0.087 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.4226, 2.1191, 4.7852)
Luminance	0.0212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42173E #17421B

analogous

#301742 #42173E #421729

triadic

#42173E #3E4217 #173E42

tetradic

#42173E #423017 #17421B #172942

square

#42173E #423017 #17421B #172942

split-complementary

#42173E #294217 #174230

monochromatic

#170815 #170815 #42173E #6F2769 #9D3793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.75

#42173E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#42173E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42173E

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42173E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42173E	1.00	14.75	1.42	14.75
#FFFFFF	14.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15243F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#451B28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42173e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.087 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785773',
    500: '#42173e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42173e;
$custom-light: #785773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42173e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.581,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2879,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42173E

secondary

#3C7942

accent

#D85D50

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDE9ED

border

#C8C5C8

text

#090308

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42173E

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

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