#42174C#42174C

#42174C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.102 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42174C
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 76)
HSL	hsl(289, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.96, 29.78, -23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.96, 37.99, 321.62°)
OKLab	oklab(29.69% 0.0774 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(29.69% 0.102 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8575, 2.2930, 7.0755)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42174C #214C17

analogous

#28174C #42174C #4C173C

triadic

#42174C #4C4217 #174C42

tetradic

#42174C #4C2817 #214C17 #173C4C

square

#42174C #4C2817 #214C17 #173C4C

split-complementary

#42174C #3C4C17 #174C28

monochromatic

#140717 #19091D #42174C #6B257B #9433AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#42174C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#42174C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42174C

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42174C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42174C	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08274E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42202F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42174c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.102 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78577e',
    500: '#42174c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42174c;
$custom-light: #78577e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42174c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.679,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29691,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42174C

secondary

#49833C

accent

#DD4B66

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDE9EE

border

#C8C5C9

text

#09030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42174C

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

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