#42177D#42177D

#42177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.157 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42177D
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.02, 42.27, -49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.02, 64.92, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(33.85% 0.0682 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(33.85% 0.157 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2538, 3.2516, 19.6962)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42177D #527D17

analogous

#171F7D #42177D #75177D

triadic

#42177D #7D4217 #177D42

tetradic

#42177D #7D171F #527D17 #177D75

square

#42177D #7D171F #527D17 #177D75

split-complementary

#42177D #7D7517 #1F7D17

monochromatic

#0E051A #270D49 #42177D #5D21B1 #7A35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#42177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#42177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42177D

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42177D	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.157 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5aa4',
    500: '#42177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42177d;
$custom-light: #7d5aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.294,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33846,
    "c": 0.15687,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42177D

secondary

#81B23E

accent

#EC3CA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42177D

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

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