#42175D#42175D

#42175D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.121 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42175D
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 93)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 75.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.19, 33.87, -33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.19, 47.35, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(30.98% 0.0762 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(30.98% 0.121 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.5285, 2.5614, 10.6096)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42175D #325D17

analogous

#1F175D #42175D #5D1755

triadic

#42175D #5D4217 #175D42

tetradic

#42175D #5D1F17 #325D17 #17555D

square

#42175D #5D1F17 #325D17 #17555D

split-complementary

#42175D #555D17 #175D1F

monochromatic

#110619 #1F0B2C #42175D #65238E #882FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#42175D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#42175D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42175D

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42175D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42175D	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#082D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42175d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.121 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79588b',
    500: '#42175d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42175d;
$custom-light: #79588b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42175d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.857,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30976,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42175D

secondary

#5E943C

accent

#E34482

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42175D

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

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