#42174D#42174D

#42174D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.103 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42174D
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 77)
HSL	hsl(288, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(288, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.02, 30.01, -24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.02, 38.53, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(29.76% 0.0774 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(29.76% 0.103 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.8925, 2.3070, 7.2600)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42174D #224D17

analogous

#27174D #42174D #4D173D

triadic

#42174D #4D4217 #174D42

tetradic

#42174D #4D2717 #224D17 #173D4D

square

#42174D #4D2717 #224D17 #173D4D

split-complementary

#42174D #3D4D17 #174D27

monochromatic

#140718 #1A091E #42174D #6A257C #9333AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#42174D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#42174D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42174D

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42174D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42174D	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07274F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A2B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42202F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42174d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.103 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78577f',
    500: '#42174d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42174d;
$custom-light: #78577f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42174d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.778,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29761,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42174D

secondary

#4A843C

accent

#DD4A68

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDE9EE

border

#C8C5C9

text

#09030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42174D

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

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