#42175E#42175E

#42175E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.122 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42175E
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(276, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(276, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.27, 34.13, -33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.27, 47.90, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(31.06% 0.076 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(31.06% 0.122 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.5731, 2.5793, 10.8444)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42175E #335E17

analogous

#1E175E #42175E #5E1756

triadic

#42175E #5E4217 #175E42

tetradic

#42175E #5E1E17 #335E17 #17565E

square

#42175E #5E1E17 #335E17 #17565E

split-complementary

#42175E #565E17 #175E1E

monochromatic

#110619 #1F0B2D #42175E #65238F #872FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.85

#42175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#42175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42175E

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42175E	1.00	13.85	1.52	13.85
#FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#062D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.122 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a588c',
    500: '#42175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42175e;
$custom-light: #7a588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.338,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31057,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42175E

secondary

#5F953C

accent

#E44483

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42175E

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

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