#42175F#42175F

#42175F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.123 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42175F
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 95)
HSL	hsl(276, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(276, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 75.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.35, 34.38, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.35, 48.46, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(31.14% 0.0759 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(31.14% 0.123 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.6183, 2.5973, 11.0823)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42175F #345F17

analogous

#1E175F #42175F #5F1758

triadic

#42175F #5F4217 #175F42

tetradic

#42175F #5F1E17 #345F17 #17585F

square

#42175F #5F1E17 #345F17 #17585F

split-complementary

#42175F #585F17 #175F1E

monochromatic

#110619 #200B2E #42175F #642390 #862FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#42175F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#42175F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42175F

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42175F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42175F	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#042D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D2739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42175f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.123 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a588d',
    500: '#42175f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42175f;
$custom-light: #7a588d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42175f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.833,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31139,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42175F

secondary

#60963C

accent

#E44484

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42175F

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

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