#42174E#42174E

#42174E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.104 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42174E
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 78)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.09, 30.24, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.09, 39.07, 320.71°)
OKLab	oklab(29.83% 0.0774 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(29.83% 0.104 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.9281, 2.3213, 7.4474)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42174E #234E17

analogous

#27174E #42174E #4E173F

triadic

#42174E #4E4217 #174E42

tetradic

#42174E #4E2717 #234E17 #173F4E

square

#42174E #4E2717 #234E17 #173F4E

split-complementary

#42174E #3F4E17 #174E27

monochromatic

#140718 #1A091F #42174E #6A257D #9233AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.34

#42174E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#42174E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42174E

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42174E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42174E	1.00	14.34	1.46	14.34
#FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#062750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422130

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42174e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.104 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785880',
    500: '#42174e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42174e;
$custom-light: #785880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42174e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.909,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29831,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42174E

secondary

#4C853C

accent

#DE4A6A

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDE9EE

border

#C8C5C9

text

#09030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42174E

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

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